Talking about the best of the best when it comes to houses, here’s a vote for Alamo Heights in San Antonio, TX from X.
Let’s consider his priorities.
Lot size is cited at a third of an acre. For comparison, a typical city lot from the 40’s on tree lined, sidewalk fringed street is about a fifth of an acre. So a third of an acre is more generous, yet by no means expansive.
Next Girdley mentions easy access to the beach. Parks, trails, and outdoor recreation areas are popular amenities for many homeowners. Several overlapping groups take advantage of the outdoors for excercise, sports, and leisure.
Ease of circulation is important to most everyone. If you are not commuting to a job, you still need to get out and shop, or get your family here and there, or drive to medical appointments, and so on. Note here that transport by car is assumed. If the writer meant public transit, it would be mentioned.
Schools- this public amenity affects a lot of households. Although there are generalized winners and loosers, the rating systems for districts stem from subjective opinions. He likes the schools in Alamo Heights.
Lastly he mentions access to another form of transit, air travel. This note may be a nod to an airport nearby, or to the geographic distance to California. It’s hard to know if it is an infrastructure issue or a natural circumstance.
To summarize, Gridley votes Alamo Heights as an optimal bundle of building site, access to nature, road infrastructure, public schools and air travel.
Are there other factors that people use to judge their optimal real estate package? That’s what we will be exploring. Stay tuned.
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