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To: Tradelite who wrote (14549)	10/27/2003 5:50:50 PM
From: fatty	Respond to of 306849

>How many people actually mow their own lawns anymore? Yards might soon become obsolete. Kids have no time to play in yards, anyway--they're too busy talking on their cell phones. Well, if you're lucky, your neighbor will do it for you. I have a friend who never does anything. His neighbor, a retiree, I think, volunteer to mow the lawn for him. The explanation was that the neighbor felt that a well-kept lawn would enhance the value of his own house.

To: Tradelite who wrote (14549)	10/27/2003 6:35:41 PM
From: David Jones	Respond to of 306849

qt.....Amazing but true that many buyers now turn up their noses at older homes with smaller rooms on superb lots in good locations, in favor of less-solidly-built homes on inferior lots located miles outside of town, where everything is bright and shiny and bigger...... That is so true. That's exactly what my x done twenty years ago. Ended up with a new some what bigger house "and negative equity in the early nineties" and another hours commute time. Today those older homes she turned her nose up are worth 20 to 30% more than where she's at presently.