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Originally Posted by laconic1
....unless you want to move into a declining 35 year old neighborhood that is miles away from work and recreation.
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My neighborhood is now ~114 years old, established in 1895, and IMO it is an awesome place to live, a very "neighborly", friendly, involved community, etc.; though it is not very rural so if you want a lot of land or just be away from it all this isn't the place. Though it's suburban I'm ~15 min. from center city Philadelphia, I can walk two blocks down my nice, tree-lined, safe street and get anything I could possibly need, there is a commuter train station right there, we have some of the best public and private schools anywhere, parks, recreation, restored old movie house, pubs...all this maintains the demand to live here at a high enough level that real estate values can't really fall significantly unless there is a massive depression far worse than this situation now. If I ever move it will just be to a bigger, nicer house in this same neighborhood.