But the fuss over Kerouac did not move Cheryl Salem, a 44-year-old mother of two who grew up in the house where Kerouac was born and called in the ad for the apartment to the Lowell Sun. That Kerouac once lived there did not seem that big a selling point, said Salem, whose family has owned the property for two generations.

“A lot of people don’t know who he is,” she explained, shrugging her shoulders.

“People seem to care more about the washer-dryer hook up,” added Salem, who works as a clerk for a trucking company

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