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If/when buying your first house what are your priorities? (I meant to put this in general)

themiddlepolitical

By themiddlepolitical
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Ideal house environment   

28 members have voted

  1. 1. Do you need a yard?

    • Yes, a small one will do
      11
    • Yes, I need a large one
      9
    • Yes, I need acres of land
      0
    • No
      8

  2. 2. How important is the school district to you (If you plan on having kids)

    • N/A
      6
    • Top, I prioritize the school district
      4
    • A lot, I want a very good school district, but if the location is great it doesn't need to be elite
      10
    • An average school is okay
      4
    • School district doesn't matter
      4

  3. 3. How walkable do you want where you buy your house to be?

    • Entirely, I want to be able to walk to the store, Coffee shop, library, gym, park all within a couple minutues
      8
    • Very- I want to be within walking distance to most things
      7
    • Average amount- It would be nice to be able to walk to the park
      12
    • Not at all, Strip malls all day baby!
      1

  4. 4. What environment do you want your house to be in?

    • City
      6
    • Urban-Suburban (Densely packed suburb)
      8
    • Suburbs
      8
    • Suburbs in a development (Think gated community)
      3
    • Rural
      3

  5. 5. How important is the crime level to you?

    • It is one of the most important things
      6
    • Very
      15
    • Average
      6
    • Not at all
      1

  6. 6. Do you need a garage?

    • Yes
      13
    • No, Street parking is okay
      7
    • No, My own paved parking spot is okay
      8

  7. 7. How important is the environment to you? (air, water quality etc)

  8. 8. How important is public transporation?

    • Very, I want to be able to walk to it
      9
    • Average, But I still want to be able to drive to it
      10
    • Not at all
      9

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Vols21

Vols21

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I've moved a dozen times, and 4 different states through the years.   Only once was I remotely in walking distance of anything (under a mile), but I did a lot of shopping/errands on the way home from work.   Even though I didn't have kids, I still looked at the school districts for resale value.

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Vols21

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2 hours ago, Patine said:

I must ask. What wretchedly civically-planned municipalities were you moving to?

Irvine CA was the place I could walk from the neighborhood.   others included Chattanooga and outskirts of Nashville, Springfield MO (where I could have gotten a loft downtown, but I'd rather have a garage for my car so I bought outside of town).    Most of the neighborhoods had walking areas, but not to anything.  The day of corner local owned stores seem a distant memory.

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