You were raised in a motel?
Kinda... My mom built a huge house "for the kids" but finished it after we had all left. I grew up in a much more modest house up behind the one in the link I provided. We started out with no electricity or other amenities. Wood stove.... We did have running water from a spring to a well that was piped to the home...and a septic tank so there was an indoor toilet when we first moved in when I was around 7. I slept in the big house closer to the beach(the one pictured in the link) many times visiting my mom thruout the years. Did much work on it. Replaced the front decks...some interior construction. But ...Ya...that big house was only slightly remodeled and in it's current life is a very nice motel. According to many...the nicest one on the most beautiful Island on the planet.