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Beasagdeux t1_j2b6nr1 wrote

What a bunch of crap.

Most of the houses around me have been sold recently. Half of them sold to NY'ers. Most of them kept as second homes. I'm happy enough with the people that moved here. But it kills me that the houses that used to house families with children are now empty 99% of the time. The neighborhood is really quiet now. The house across the street barely got a bite when they put it on the market before covid for $300K. This year it sold in less than a day for over $500K to a couple that doesn't even live there. I've seen lots of tradesmen and furniture deliveries... but I don't think they've been there two nights out of the last 9 months.

In the meantime... there is no such thing as a starter home anymore. Young local families can't even afford a decent apartment. Couples like my son and DIL have decided to skip kids altogether because they don't think they will be able to afford a home.

I don't know what the agenda is of the person who put this map together. But their method is suspect as heck.

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987nevertry t1_j2bil4w wrote

In the last two years more than half of the homes in my neighborhood were sold to second home owners who are hardly ever here. I hate to say it, but it was an improvement. It’s quieter, cleaner, and the second home owners pay full property taxes while using few services. I imagine the people who sold those homes at the top of the market and took the big profit are happy wherever they are. I’m glad I stayed.

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LMandragoran t1_j2dy4s5 wrote

Use fewer services like everything else in your town that drives it's economy?

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philos34002 t1_j2dwcjr wrote

Came here to say the same thing, although being from OOB, there is a bias. On the 3 blocks nearest me 80 percent are summer houses used for maybe a month out of the year and we're not even that close to the beach

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