(Ms. Daily): What was the mortgage or rent in your new place

compared to your former residence?

 (Mrs. Shannon): Well, I don't know how much my mom and dad

paid but when I came out here, I made a down payment on the house

and ah, the, mortgage was $60.00 a month but I had two. One $60.00

and one $50.00 so that's one hundred and ten.

 (Ms. Daily): Was it affordable?

 (Mrs. Shannon): Yeah, it was affordable, I made it affordable

because I...you know, when you want something, you have to do

without other things so I did.

 (Ms. Daily): was the neighborhood in your new location

different from or similar to the neighborhood from which you moved?

 (Mrs. Shannon): Well, when I first came out here it was

mostly Whites all around but as soon as you see a Black face you

know they get out (laughter). The only person who stayed a long

time was a lady just about 4 houses down, she stayed until the late

'80s before she moved.

 (Ms. Daily): Alright the next set of questions, I'll ask

you, well it's about eminent domain and if your house or apartment

was taken but umm, I don't think it relates to you.

 (Mrs. Shannon): No it doesn't apply.

 (Ms. Daily): So I'll go on to the next set which is regarding

 1-395 and State Road 836 and I'll ask the first one. When and how

 did you first hear about the building of 1-395 and State Road 836?

 (Mrs. Shannon): When they were tearing up the roads. We

 knew, we knew the people were selling, didn't specify what was


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