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Re:A Growing Problem in Real Estate: Too Many Too Big Houses by rayiner on Thursday June 20, 2019 @01:51PM (#20235362)
So don’t buy a house with a big yard, etc.? We’ve got a house in a waterfront area that was laid out in the 1920s. Back when Americans were still free and there were no zoning codes. The houses are detached, but the lots are tiny (less than 3,000 square feet). No yard to take care of, close to neighbors, etc. And because people own rather than rent, you’re not getting a new set of neighbors every year.
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Re:A Growing Problem in Real Estate: Too Many Too Big Houses by asark on Thursday June 20, 2019 @02:54PM (#20236025)
Around here you sacrifice school quality, hard, for almost anything other than a typical big yard, large house, boring suburb house. The intersection between older neighborhoods or any trendy newer ones built more "urban" style and places with schools you'd be happy to send your kids to is practically nil.

YMMV in other places, but that's why we're in a non-walkable boring suburb with dumb, giant yards making the distance to the nearest pools and parks (and everything else) further than they need to be.

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Re:A Growing Problem in Real Estate: Too Many Too Big Houses by rayiner on Thursday June 20, 2019 @03:11PM (#20236216)
Where we live it’s illegal to make tight neighborhoods where children can walk around. Minimum lot siZe is 1/4 or 1/3 of an acre. We got lucky because we’re grandfathered in.
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