tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post5402339891586926007..comments2023-08-13T11:58:31.588-04:00Comments on Ghulf Genes: A Micro-View of Real EstateADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-23736908693304571462015-01-26T11:29:42.691-05:002015-01-26T11:29:42.691-05:00Good points, Joyce. What real estate people DO men...Good points, Joyce. What real estate people DO mention is schools -- and libraries are closely related. The explanation may simply be that real estate maps do prominently features schools but not libraries. In that business selling is everything, and anything that helps the sale IS mentioned -- when they think about it.ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-18249560526939142432015-01-25T16:24:07.150-05:002015-01-25T16:24:07.150-05:00Not listing the closeness of the library as an ass...Not listing the closeness of the library as an asset seems to be common. We live exactly a mile from our local library, and a well-used one at that. I considered it an asset when moving here 4 years ago. I don't think the listing for our house mentioned it. In the year and a half that I've been on the board of our subdivision, one of my duties has been to keep track of home sales in our little corner of the universe so I check listings regularly. Not once in that year and a half do I remember having seen any mention of the closeness of the library in a listing. Interesting too, since many of the people moving into this subdivision are middle- to upper-middle class families, many of whom are affiliated with Michigan State University and have young children. You'd think that educated people with young children would value living close to a library, and knowing that, the realtors would mention it in their listings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com