hollydolly
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Feelslikefar
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Thanks for posting the video, @hollydolly. Pretty much sums up what I have seen around Nashville in the last year or so.
When we moved here 12 years ago and bought our house, the market was somewhat of a shock after many years in Nebraska, but we
wanted to move to a bigger city and enjoy the sports, music, food, etc.
Found a nice, older house in a quiet neighborhood with mostly older homes.
In the last couple of years, mostly 2020, most of the old houses are gone, replaced by two to three smaller houses on the same lot where
one house stood.
As one of my neighbors said, " We'd be crazy not to sell for what they want to offer for my property."
Now my neighborhood is mostly 'young' and the older ones have moved on.
We have had multiple offers for our house and land in recent months. ( they will tear down the house know matter the shape it's in,
they want to build at least two, smaller houses on the same lot. )
The wife and I have discussed this a lot and are leaning to selling out, using the money to fund a move to maybe the Panama Canal Zone area.
Life goes on and is too short not to give it a whirl...
When we moved here 12 years ago and bought our house, the market was somewhat of a shock after many years in Nebraska, but we
wanted to move to a bigger city and enjoy the sports, music, food, etc.
Found a nice, older house in a quiet neighborhood with mostly older homes.
In the last couple of years, mostly 2020, most of the old houses are gone, replaced by two to three smaller houses on the same lot where
one house stood.
As one of my neighbors said, " We'd be crazy not to sell for what they want to offer for my property."
Now my neighborhood is mostly 'young' and the older ones have moved on.
We have had multiple offers for our house and land in recent months. ( they will tear down the house know matter the shape it's in,
they want to build at least two, smaller houses on the same lot. )
The wife and I have discussed this a lot and are leaning to selling out, using the money to fund a move to maybe the Panama Canal Zone area.
Life goes on and is too short not to give it a whirl...
hollydolly
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@Feelslikefar , that pretty much sums up what's happening here too... much younger families, the whole dynamic of the areas changing outside of the cities, and here in the rural shires they're building on farmland, known as green belt, which has always been for agriculture .
Of course what everyone forgets too is that once one house is replaced by 3 homes... then you're essentially tripling the population in that area and all the stress on the essential services too....plus many of the facilities become less senior friendly and more geared toward the young and children...
I hope if you do decide to sell, and buy a beautiful home in an area where you can live your life out affordably, and comfortably...
Of course what everyone forgets too is that once one house is replaced by 3 homes... then you're essentially tripling the population in that area and all the stress on the essential services too....plus many of the facilities become less senior friendly and more geared toward the young and children...
I hope if you do decide to sell, and buy a beautiful home in an area where you can live your life out affordably, and comfortably...
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AnnieA
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- Down South
Interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Tear down one house here and up go 19 condos, or a duplex. BC bring cash, well known for being the home of the newly wed or nearly dead. Luckily there are a lot more young families moving here, its wonderful to see the children enjoying themselves at the playground, for a long time one did not see them. Life goes on.
The 200 Largest Cities in the United States by Population 2021
What are the largest cities in the United States? The US city with the biggest population is New YorkCity. Here is a list of the top ten most populated cities in the US as of 2020:- New York City, NY (Population: 8,622,357)
- Los Angeles, CA (Population: 4,085,014)
- Chicago, IL (Population: 2,670,406)
- Houston, TX (Population: 2,378,146)
- Phoenix, AZ (Population: 1,743,469)
- Philadelphia, PA (Population: 1,590,402)
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hollydolly
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You may be surprised to learn that London has even more people than New York City
In 2019
London - 8,982,256
London is also about twice the size as NYC. The 2021 population figures:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities
London is also more expensive, while NYC has a larger subway system.
hollydolly
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hard to imagine it being larger, but I won't disagree with you. However London had the first Underground system...a subway here is an Underpass...
The surface area of the city of London is 2.9 square kilometres
The surface area of Manhattan is 59.1 Square Km....
Are you sure about the size numbers of Manhattan compared to the city of London? I haven’t found anything like that.hard to imagine it being larger, but I won't disagree with you. However London had the first Underground system...a subway here is an Underpass...
The surface area of the city of London is 2.9 square kilometres
The surface area of Manhattan is 59.1 Square Km....
https://www.google.com/search?q=wha...EMzkuNpgBAKABAbABHg&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp
hollydolly
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New York City according to Wicki 302.6 square miles (784 km2)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
City of London.....
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City of London.....
| United Kingdom | |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Region | London |
| Historic county | Middlesex |
| Roman settlement | c. 47 AD (Londinium) |
| Wessex resettlement | 886 AD (Lundenburg) |
| Wards |
| Government | |
|---|---|
| Area | 2.90 km2 (1.12 sq mi) |
| 25 wards | |
| • Body | City of London Corporation |
| • Lord Mayor | William Russell |
| • Town Clerk | John Barradell |
| • Admin HQ | Guildhall |
| • London Assembly | Unmesh Desai (Lab; City and East) |
| • UK Parliament | Nickie Aiken (Con; Cities of London and Westminster) |
| • City |
OneEyedDiva
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Interesting! Prices for the markets that lost the most residents (named in the first minute or so of the video) are ridiculous so it's no surprise that people left those cities. No way would I purchase a home sight unseen, let alone pay $20,000 -$50,000 more than asking and skip appraisals and inspections. But then again...I'm not wealthy.
Alligatorob
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Never lived in one of them, and don't plan to. Visiting big cities now and then can be exciting, but not places I would want to live.
Population statistics like this can be a bit misleading. I think these are the populations within City limits, what can be more informative is population in a metropolitan area.
Los Angels is a good example, 4 million is probably about right for the population within the city limits of the town of Los Angeles, but what we think of as Los Angels and what most people mean when they talk about it is much larger. It includes lots of contiguous towns like Beverly Hills, Burbank, Pasadena and so on. The population of the whole place is more like 18 million (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles). But I guess you have to draw the line somewhere...
Giants fan1954
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Boy, did you hit the nail on the head!
My daughter lived in a suburb of Charleston,SC,they continue to build these communities of beautiful homes but be prepared to sit in traffic for an hour plus at peak time.
hollydolly
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Exactly.. and this happens virtually overnight...
How often do we hear or have commented ourselves to others..''I remember when this was all fields''.... and instead what you have in front of you is a huge urban sprawl that's shot up in a handful of years, all buckling under from the lack of enough schools or essential services such as hospitals and Doctors surgeries (offices).... and as you say the pollution from the traffic is horrific caused by massive traffic jams ...
Don M.
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I lived in the city for the better part of 50 years. When I retired, I quickly became tired of that life....not much to do other than mow the yard. Even in a nice suburb, there was always noise from the traffic, Crime rates kept climbing, and costs for property taxes, insurance, and utilities, etc., seemed to rise noticeably every year.
We took a chance and moved to the boondocks....a good decision, so far....a clean quite environment, low living costs, and virtually no crime. It's a bit inconvenient having to drive 6 miles for groceries, etc., and health care is 12 miles away,...with the hospital an hours drive away, but so long as we can stay reasonably healthy, we're in no hurry to move.
I suspect that a lot of workers who had to work from home, due to this pandemic, are questioning the wisdom of living in a crowded city, and
looking for a more relaxed environment to live in....even if it means a longer commute if/when they return to their normal work routine.
We took a chance and moved to the boondocks....a good decision, so far....a clean quite environment, low living costs, and virtually no crime. It's a bit inconvenient having to drive 6 miles for groceries, etc., and health care is 12 miles away,...with the hospital an hours drive away, but so long as we can stay reasonably healthy, we're in no hurry to move.
I suspect that a lot of workers who had to work from home, due to this pandemic, are questioning the wisdom of living in a crowded city, and
looking for a more relaxed environment to live in....even if it means a longer commute if/when they return to their normal work routine.
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
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- Los Angeles Suburbs
Same here. Los Angeles, 1970.
We have had our home in Florida up for sale for over a year. I set the price pretty high, just so it wouldn't sell too quick. The realtor keeps wanting us to reduce it, but we aren't ready to unload it. We bought it in 2010 on a short sale. Today, it's worth a lot more than we paid for it.
I thought we had it set too high, but then a doctor from New York last summer offered to buy it at the asking price, so we took it off the market and raised the asking price another $300,000. Even still, we get an offer about once or twice a month. Real estate in our part of Florida has become rare to find an empty building lot.
I thought we had it set too high, but then a doctor from New York last summer offered to buy it at the asking price, so we took it off the market and raised the asking price another $300,000. Even still, we get an offer about once or twice a month. Real estate in our part of Florida has become rare to find an empty building lot.
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
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I thought that if you engage a realtor and get an offer for the asking price, you're obliged to either sell the property or compensate the realtor with his/her commission.
Why are you putting a property on the market if you have no intention of selling it? Just curious...
John cycling
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- Central Coast California
No one is ever obligated to accept an offer, and there is no commission involved unless and until a sale is completed.
We decided just a few days before the offer to delist the home. This was done through our realtor, who was away for the weekend at the time the offer was made. When she came back into the office on Monday, she delisted the home, but by then another realtor from another agency had submitted an offer. This was back in May.
By Florida law (and I believe that PA is the same), what you are referring to is if an offer is submitted and the sellers signs the sales agreement, then the sellers are required to follow through with the sale, or if the buyer excuses the seller, the seller is off the hook with the seller, but not the real estate salesperson, unless the buyer’s and seller’s real estate agency also excuses the sellers.
In other words, once there is a signed contract between the two parties, both are obligated to follow through with the transaction. That did not happen in this case. Only the buyer had signed on to buy the house.
Wait. Are you saying that London only sits on 1.12 square miles? Really? I found London gas 607 square miles. New York City comes in at being 321 square miles.