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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We found a house that checks a lot of the boxes except it sits on a street that some may consider busy, which got me thinking, what would you consider a "busy street" when looking at a house? Cut through traffic? Double yellow line? Speed bumps?

This street in particular doesn't have any lines, but does have speed bumps and seems to get a fair amount of traffic. Sitting outside for a half hour at rush hour there were 50 cars. I would consider that to be busy but DH doesn't have a problem with it which made me curious what others think. Has anyone bought on a similar street and have regrets, advice, etc.? It does have a large, quiet backyard with a privacy fence.[/quote]

Why would you care what other people think is a busy street? Do you like the house or not? Why on EARTH would you let what people think about the street in front of your house influence your decision to try to buy it?

So weird.[/quote]

Simmer down - someone is itching to Karen no all caps please...  NP here but it matters because buyers should care about the future, specifically resale value and appeal to a wider swath of potential buyers.  Sure, OP and her DH might be fine or live with it, but if a lot of future buyers won't, they'll have to factor that in.  In this market, buyers are overlooking all kinds of flaws, rightfully being told to not be super picky.  But when buyers have even a little more choice, things like this can cause a house to linger if it is not priced to account for something like a "busy street" or a quirky layout.

OP - as other PPs have said, depends on context. Suburbs?  Then 35 mph and above, even if two-lane arterial.  In DC?  Low speed cut-through streets with street bumps can also fit this definition, regardless of double striping of lack of.  A PP's Upper NW description spot on.[/quote]

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