Souter trades farm house for swanky pad – and books
Outgoing Supreme Court Justice David Souter won’t be spending his retirement days in his storied New Hampshire farmhouse after all.
It seems that his old rustic pad in Weare, which has no phone lines, but plenty of peeling paint and rotting support beams, can’t hold the huge library of books that the jurist has amassed, according to The New York Times. So Souter will trade it for a “swanky” half-million-dollar home just a few miles away in Hopkinton, N.H.
Instead of rickety wood, Souter will have a quant, white Cape Cod-style house with attached garage. Instead of the rustic wilderness, Souter will enjoy over two acres of manicured lawn and trimmed hedges. Instead of quiet wilderness, he’ll have a gym and spa.
His neighbors are sad to see Souter leave his old home. “It was quite a shock to us to learn that he’s moving,” Betty Straw, Souter’s sixth grade teacher, told the Times. “While we’re sorry – we had hoped he would come back to Weare – we understand the circumstances. It seems more desirable to make a move, and we have to abide by his decision.”
