From: "dane" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Playgrounds and Property Values
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:35:21 -0500

"dane"  wrote in message
news:1107314480.f18e519ec792b5025b57c30ad76f9149@bubbanews...
> "Scott"  wrote in message
> news:1107310342.546685.93000@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Jeff,
> >
> > Yes... a bit of plagiarism on my part!  Sorry about that.  Imitation IS
> > the best form of flattery.  I had a particularly query on Google, which
> > led me to your question a few years ago.  You asked the perfect
> > question, but unfortunately there were no responses.  I figured there
> > was no reason to reinvent the "wheel" - er... question, so I asked it
> > again with my situation... for 2005.   The only responses.... yours and
> > a rather skeptical individual.
> >
> > Well... the question still remains... If I find documented evidence of
> > the impact of a maintained neighborhood playground on surrounding
> > property values I'll be quick to share.
> >
>
> I'm a churlish curmudgeon, not a "rather skeptical individual". When I
> Google on your topic I find a number of studies. Here is a 124 page paper
by
> a university professor: www.rpts.tamu.edu/Faculty/PropertyValue.pdf .  And
a
> 13 pager: www.realestate.moore.sc.edu/PDF/CAREER%20-%20Espey%20Paper.pdf
.
>
> Perhaps these papers don't fit your definitions of playground or
documented,
> but the general topic has been studied and the results freely published.
>
> Bottom line is that I insist on living beyond earshot of any public
> gathering place.
>

Sorry, second link works as cut and paste (without www) as:
realestate.moore.sc.edu/PDF/CAREER%20-%20Espey%20Paper.pdf .

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