tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990818184521452285.post3497135719644160608..comments2023-10-22T08:07:49.340-05:00Comments on Oakhurst Historic District: The multitude of flyers makes the question of how LHD will affect property values confusingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990818184521452285.post-29457556311196053182007-08-21T16:33:00.000-05:002007-08-21T16:33:00.000-05:00The reason the question of property values is conf...The reason the question of property values is confusing is because it's contextual and subjective. Consider the following:<BR/><BR/>T or F? Studies have shown a correlation between LHDs and an increase in property values? True.<BR/><BR/>T or F? Studies have shown a correlation between LHDs and a decrease in property values? True.<BR/><BR/>Why? Because the purview of an LHD is just one component in the larger picture of home value drivers. Furthermore, such studies can reflect bias on the part of the author or the agenda of an organization funding the study.<BR/><BR/>Long story short, analytical value analysis is not the point here.<BR/><BR/>The value of place, the connections we feel to it, our love of its history and concern for its future are all emotional issues. Some people feel it deeply, while others not so much.<BR/><BR/>When the Romans spoke of community, the word they used -- civitas -- referred both to the physical place itself and the people who inhabited, interacted and governed it. They could not conceive of community absent either of those components. Today, some people continue to feel this way. <BR/><BR/>Still, others think of community solely in terms of people. This is not surprising, given the relative absence of any truly endearing neighborhood having been constructed anywhere in the past forty years. Our culture no longer puts the same value on form and harmony it once did, and there is now significantly less shared agreement on what constitutes beauty.<BR/><BR/>Long story short, creating and protecting places of timeless physical form and integrity requires some level (how much is a matter of debate) of personal sacrifice in deference to collective value. Some people view this as a no-brainer and well worth it while others see it as a chipping away of personal liberty.<BR/><BR/>However, if you've talked with many people around the neighborhood, you've likely had the same experience I have: Most people fall somewhere in the middle.<BR/><BR/>This is an emotional issue. Whichever side eases up on the rhetoric and plays to those on the fence will, as in national politics, likely emerge on top. Not the study peddlers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990818184521452285.post-36643565371918754212007-08-21T12:00:00.000-05:002007-08-21T12:00:00.000-05:00I can only answer this question from my perspectiv...I can only answer this question from my perspective, but I received a flyer via mail from OAKHURST ONE that stated my values would decrease. My neighbor received another mailed document of several pages from OAKHURST ONE that stated her property values would increase as would her taxes. I received another flyer from Neighbors In Support of the Proposed Local Historic District that pointed to several studies that indicate that property values increase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990818184521452285.post-39432897429378787032007-08-21T11:57:00.000-05:002007-08-21T11:57:00.000-05:00Who provided the conflicting information presented...Who provided the conflicting information presented? Is it the same group or one group versus the other?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com