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Old 01-23-2024, 09:02 AM
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For 2 dimensional people it has. Looking on the internet is only one feed for discernment though. You can’t hear constant traffic on the internet. You can’t see power stations and the changes they have made to scar the skyline. You don’t know if the lights are on all night in the neighborhood cement factory or exactly how tall it is. You can’t smell the pollution or even feel the constant daily mosquito stings an hour before nightfall.

Just like intuitive deciphering of all senses, a buyer needs to experience a home site before making one of the largest moves in their life! There certainly are some garbage home/homesites out there.
Absolutely! On a website you see what someone wants you to see, and you don't see what they don't want you to see.

Our first rental experience taught us, among other things, how loud the golf cart traffic can be on Canal St. We had a nice villa, but the living room sliders faced Canal St. Despite the wall, we would have to close things up to hear the TV. Also could smell gas cart exhaust at times.

The vibe is so different depending upon what area you are in. North of 466 feels different and looks different from south of 466, and likewise between "the sixes", and north and south of 44. While I wouldn't say any one area is better or worse than the others, they are different, and you can't get that online.