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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll admit that part of me is envious and wishes I could afford to have a new larger home for upwards of $1.3M in my same great location.  No question.

However, even though my neighborhood is by many standards older, smaller and not terribly attractive, it has a consistency to it.  Even with additions, houses are all of the same shape and style, lots are basically the same size.  There is a uniformity.  Suddenly dropping in a huge house that extends practically to all four property lines and has no architectural tie to anything around it is jarring aesthetically.  It may actually be a nicer house, but it's like wearing your wedding dress to Cracker Barrel.  You might be the best dressed person there, but you do look odd and make the place seem a bit awkward all of a sudden.[/quote]

I love the visual of this!  Ha!

I agree with this post.  Much of the stuff we looked at in Vienna and Arlington (9 years ago) was what we called "cats and dogs".  We would look at a nice newer home, but look out across the steet and see a dump that no one was taking care of.  Some houses on the street were new, some were older but well taken care of, and some were falling apart ... overgrown weeds  for a yard, missing shutters, peeling paint, etc.  We were concerned about property values based ont he neighborhood.  We ended up buying in a different neighborhood, and settling for an older home, but the neighborhood is more uniform ... nothing brand spanking new, but also nothing that looks like a shack that should be razed.[/quote]

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