>>7066
>The man had developed serious heart issues, and needed to stay close to the main arterial roads in case he needed to be taken by ambulance, and anyway the big city's hospitals were better equipped to deal with his delicate health.
>The woman had developed COPD and could no longer breathe in the dense city air, so she'd moved to the mountains, well away from the city.

as >>7071 says, those lines sound like the perfect script for making a dramatic production with this little story. It´s so drastically specific and peculiar that you wouldn´t imagine such situation for a second except watching it in a movie that makes the viewer mournful about it,especially because of...

>They had both set up telescopes on their front porch, and would wave to each other if the other was watching them watch the other.
..this. While there are other cases that are related to this matter, this part is what truly makes the difference from the rest. A very poignant gesture indeed.