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Originally Posted by coffeebean
Sorry, do not agree. Location is first and foremost of a concern when purchasing a new home but that is just me.
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It's not the first, for me. But it's up there on the top 5 and there are definitely dealbreakers. For me "location" is a pretty broad category. For instance - I wouldn't want to be on the inside corner of a sharp turn, in New England where icy roads + sharp turn = car skidding through your living room window. A location dealbreaker for me here in the Villages would be the part of the golf course where the first ball can easily hit my living room window.
Highway noise for me isn't much of a dealbreaker. I can always just turn off my hearing aids, and it ends up being just generic white noise when the windows are open. Our house up north backed up to a Senior Housing apartment complex (just two buildings) - and the highway was right behind the complex. We could watch the traffic, and hear it if we were paying attention. It was only bad when there was a convoy of motorcycles. The kid living next door to us made more noise than the highway with his car speaker turned on full blast while he polished the car in the driveway.
Location for me is - anything that at least -appears- to be natural, mature plantlife. Brand new neighborhood that I might have to wait 3-5 years to enjoy looking at shade trees that actually provide shade to myself or my neighbors - is a deal-breaker. A courtyard villa area where everyone is sandwiched in like sardines with solid walls dividing their yards from each other - is a deal-breaker.