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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted earlier about air quality...

No one wants to live next to a teardown or huge reno project on a tight  lot or attached housing.  That to be blunt would suck.

When househunting years ago there were places where I was clueless on my location.  I assume many people posting have no idea exactly what is Mclean and what is great falls when on certain roads.  
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Of course they would like living next to a teardown, if the project were confirmation of how valuable their own property had become, the new house was an improvement over the house it replaced, and/or they liked the new house.  Of course, construction is noisy, whether it's a teardown or new construction.  But it usually takes a finite period of time.  [/quote]

Disagree.  No one wants to be the nice house next to the crap house.  But, in GF, it doesn't matter as much as say McLean, because in GF the lots are so much bigger.  You don't live in GF to mind your neighbor's business. [/quote]

I was reading "teardown" to refer to an older home that was already in the process of being torn down or was being marketed as such.  And it's just fine to be in a nice house near an older, less expensive home if your neighbors are nice people who maintain their property.  If the location is right, a newer house will go up eventually in due course.

Of course, people who can't deal with neighbors would be better off living on multi-acre lots where they never see them. [/quote]

You are correct, and I used the wrong terminology.  I don't like the new-builds sitting right next to the older homes.  I get the concept of increasing the value/desirability of the neighborhood, so maybe it would be better to say I don't like the transition period?  I used to live in McLean, before the new-builds became so prevalent.  I lived in a cute little neighborhood that had a nice community feel.  I loved to walk there.  I went overseas for ten years, then came back and checked out my old neighborhood.  Oh, my word!  It was in transition.  It was no longer cute, and I could not get a sense of it's "personality", if that makes any sense.  Giant homes, tiny home, new homes, old homes, non-sensical additions... Not my thing.  So I started to look elsewhere, and I found Great Falls.  To a PP's comment, we are on public sewer and water, and threre is very little traffic that comes through our neighborhood.  [/quote]

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