Amusing exchange of property use

FLAV8R wrote:
You can clearly see the new prison in place of the old airport and also
displaced

out of curiosity, what is the impact on a neighborhood of having a
prison nearby? I mean, (i) it is not as if the new residents are seen
too often; (ii) there might be some positive downfall for the community,
such as new taxes (iii) and (I have no idea what I am talking about here,
bear with me) there might be some political advantage to having a larger
headcount without much of a downside (in addition to not being seen,
they won't be voting or having any influence on how said community is
run).

--Sylvain

"Sylvain" wrote in message ...
FLAV8R wrote:
You can clearly see the new prison in place of the old airport and also
displaced

out of curiosity, what is the impact on a neighborhood of having a
prison nearby?
--Sylvain

If I was in the market for a new home I would not pick one so close
to a prison.
But if you told me there was an airstrip near by I might pay more for
the house than I'd otherwise would.
So I guess the house close to a prison would be worth less than one
next to a small airstrip to most Americans.

David

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:26:07 -0400, "FLAV8R"
wrote:

But if you told me there was an airstrip near by I might pay more for
the house than I'd otherwise would.
So I guess the house close to a prison would be worth less than one
next to a small airstrip to most Americans.

No, the way it works for most Americans:

1. Buy cheap due to "airport noise".
2. Complain about noise until airport closes.
3. Complain about increased traffic from new shopping mall.

-Dana
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Dana M. Hague d(dash)m(dash)hague(at)comcast(dot)net wrote:

No, the way it works for most Americans:

1. Buy cheap due to "airport noise".
2. Complain about noise until airport closes.
3. Complain about increased traffic from new shopping mall.

I thought the idea was:

1. Buy cheap due to "airport noise".
2. Complain about noise until airport closes.
3. Sell house with a profit.
4. repeat...

--Sylvain

Dana M. Hague wrote:

No, the way it works for most Americans:

1. Buy cheap due to "airport noise".
2. Complain about noise until airport closes.
3. Complain about increased traffic from new shopping mall.

Real estate agent's advertising translation:

1.) Close to transportation.

2.) Up and coming redevelopment zone.

3.) Close to shopping.

out of curiosity, what is the impact on a neighborhood of having a
prison nearby? I mean, (i) it is not as if the new residents are seen
too often; (ii) there might be some positive downfall for the community,
such as new taxes (iii) and (I have no idea what I am talking about here,
bear with me) there might be some political advantage to having a larger
headcount without much of a downside (in addition to not being seen,
they won't be voting or having any influence on how said community is
run).


I see no downsides, if all of the prisoners stay put. That is the big if.

If they do get out, they are looking to steal a car, and get out of town.
You hope you are not in the way of that happening.

I work near a max security federal prison. It brings a lot of jobs to the
area. Residents do not seem to be overly concerned about it being in the
area.
--
Jim in NC

On Mar 14, 8:13 pm, Sylvain wrote:
FLAV8R wrote:
You can clearly see the new prison in place of the old airport and also
displaced

out of curiosity, what is the impact on a neighborhood of having a
prison nearby? I mean, (i) it is not as if the new residents are seen
too often; (ii) there might be some positive downfall for the community,
such as new taxes (iii) and (I have no idea what I am talking about here,
bear with me) there might be some political advantage to having a larger
headcount without much of a downside (in addition to not being seen,
they won't be voting or having any influence on how said community is
run).

--Sylvain

There are a lots of other things you can do to significantly raise
taxes - garbage dumping sites, nuclear waste disposal, prisons, rehab
facilities, none of which are viewed as a positive thing for a
community.

Nevertheless, this is a very interesting contrast. An airport is a
symbol of freedom, and a prison is just the opposite.

Sylvain wrote:
FLAV8R wrote:

You can clearly see the new prison in place of the old airport and also
displaced


out of curiosity, what is the impact on a neighborhood of having a
prison nearby? I mean, (i) it is not as if the new residents are seen
too often; (ii) there might be some positive downfall for the community,
such as new taxes (iii) and (I have no idea what I am talking about here,
bear with me) there might be some political advantage to having a larger
headcount without much of a downside (in addition to not being seen,
they won't be voting or having any influence on how said community is
run).

--Sylvain

Usually prisons as government entities do not pay taxes. Property
values drop way down near prisons.

Margy