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Same neighborhood

posted 8 years ago by mikebryner
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It seems that on about 95% of the episodes, one of the "List It" requirements is a house in the same neighborhood. One lady even wanted the same street! I just don't understand this. OK, maybe you don't want your kids to change schools. Well, a few years ago we moved, my kids went to a new school, made new friends and life went on. It's really not that traumatic. Besides, many of these couples don't even have school-age kids, but still insist on staying in the same neighborhood.

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[–] AmyJolamb 8 years ago

I'm watching one now and the request is same neighborhood. The couple doesn't have kids.

The problem with that is many homes in the same neighborhood are often about the same. I moved a lot as a kid and teen and we looked at a lot of homes. At least in the late 80s and early 90s the homes in one neighborhood would have about 3 floor plans. When you'd build a home you'd pick one of the three.

[–] maya-912-366050 8 years ago

Speaking as a child who had to change schools multiple times,it isn't as easy as some parents think. In my case thankfully we only moved when a transfer reqired it, not because my parents decided they wanted a bigger closet and moved us out of our school zone.

There are other reasons for the neighborhood. Like friends. Proximity to work. activities they are involved in. Safety of their neighborhood.The list goes on. If you have a house in one of the most prime locations in the city, you aren't likely to give it up.

[–] mikebryner 8 years ago

There are other reasons for the neighborhood. Like friends. Proximity to work. activities they are involved in. Safety of their neighborhood.The list goes on. If you have a house in one of the most prime locations in the city, you aren't likely to give it up.

I agree with all of that. My point was the overwhelming number of people with this requirement. I just think in "real life" it's a lot less than that.

[–] SataiDelen 8 years ago

And maybe you're right about the number being less than what's portrayed on this show. However, remember that this is a STAGED show, and there are scripts, so maybe the people are being required to say this stuff?

Anyway, though I don't have kids, never will have kids, don't even like kids, I can tell you that for people who either already have kids or are planning to have kids, they often do take into account, the school district and the schools' ratings. It is very important, and so, yeah, someone might be able to find something five minutes further away, and to most it wouldn't be a big deal, that five minutes away, in a different school district could be the difference between little Johnny learning and becoming the next Einstein, or little Johnny growing up to be a nose-picker and sitting in the front yard all day with a car up on cinder blocks with the wheels off to one side in a pile.

OK, lol, I'm exaggerating, but my point is, two neighborhoods could be side by side, but the differences in the school districts' ratings could be very wide and make all the difference in the world.

I actually live in a town that is split in two and divided by two different counties. Both have good school districts, BUT, the side I live on has the superior schools (especially the high school), and I'm grateful that my kids would go to the superior school if I had kids. And I've met kids from both high schools, and you can easily tell the difference.

In fact, one of my friends chose where she lives because of the school district. She isn't crazy about the neighborhood, and does want to move, but is reluctant because she doesn't want to lose the schools her kids attend.

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[–] virnman-549-227337 7 years ago

When it comes to real estate it boils down to location location location