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Originally Posted by Frazod
When we bought ours 20 years ago, the back of our lot was adjoined to a golf course on the right and federally protected wetlands on the left. I don't play or give a shit about golf, but it was a much better view than the backs of other homes. In fact, we paid an extra $5,000 for it in the purchase price.
Unfortunately, the golf course was poorly run and had mob ties. One day they rather foolishly saw fit to have a hooker/stripper event, which involved scantily to non-clad women wandering the course (I was at work that day and missed it). But several residents complained, and from that point on the city was up their asses like a rocket. Not long afterward the liquor license for the clubhouse was pulled, and from that point on the course deteriorated and eventually went under. I hoped that someone else would take over, but instead it was sold to developers, and now there are houses there. The only good part is the area closest to us is too low and marshy for buildings, so there aren't houses right on top of us; but still, the nice view is history and instead I see the backs of homes a couple of hundred yards distant. And of course there will be no reimbursement coming for the loss of our view from our original builders, an LLC which ceased to exist as soon as our neighborhood was completed.  |
I like watching those shows on HGTV where people are shopping from homes in different cities. There'll sometimes be comments made like, "this is open space so there'll never be houses there".
I don't trust those statements. Things change all the time. Unless it's a national park, and maybe even then, it just takes a vote of a random council or committee to change things.
On that same note, it just takes a vote to eliminate our historic district around our house. I hope it'll be around for my lifetime at a minimum, but it wouldn't shock me if some powerful developer eventually screws the district over.