tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post2637628201115375487..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: Hilarious Comps I: Get Thee To a NunneryClarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-80608520862228791242016-05-19T09:32:52.564-04:002016-05-19T09:32:52.564-04:00The Q states: "Knowing Midwesterners like I d...The Q states: "Knowing Midwesterners like I do, it's not clear to me how well residents of the "Metropolis of the Western Reserve" would appreciate the silliness of residing in such a home. And yet, isn't it every little girl and boy's dream to live in something like this?"<br /><br />Yes, stereotypes are no longer acceptable unless its a smug urbanite sneering at unwashed "Middle America."<br /><br />Yes the unwashed from Flyover country don't appreciate how "silly" it must be to live in a large, stone house with ample grounds and period architectural detail made by hand. Obviously the rubes can't appreciate the superior value of an equally priced two-bedroom hipster box in Williamsburg where the streets are covered in trash, but you can get a decaf chai mocha latte at 2 am!<br /><br />The only thing silly about this picture is, as a prior commentor noted, that property values have apparently plummeted on what was apparently once a beautiful estate. I think that type of "silliness" has mostly to do with the fact that so much of Cleveland has deteriorated to an urban wasteland. Is that because of the "silliness" of people who might like to live a castle, or the silliness of a city made essentially bankrupt by years of mismanagement.<br /><br />The author is of course trying to be whimsical. And he is only poking gentle fun. I just think that the attitudes of so many pretentious urbanites are too perfectly reflected not to comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-48689808770940478562016-05-18T14:37:39.452-04:002016-05-18T14:37:39.452-04:00Am I the only one who noticed that this property l...Am I the only one who noticed that this property last traded hands for $1.2M in 2005? ...it (and likely the surrounding area) has lost almost half of its value in the last 10 years.<br /><br />I think I'll wait to buy it until 2026, when it might be only $380k. ...let it lose value under someone else's name.MikeFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947132324744364565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-13088818092243143842016-05-16T11:48:50.635-04:002016-05-16T11:48:50.635-04:00The price might be low, but the property taxes @ &...The price might be low, but the property taxes @ >$35,000 pa, aren't!Bob Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734112800580467028noreply@blogger.com