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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

>

The extreme care taken with planning and maintaining modern  
developments is imbued with the understanding that homogeneity helps  
to create and maintain value. Think of The Biltmore, Desert Ridge,  
Superstition Mountain, etc. While there is some spread in residence  
values, they are all of a common architecture and building quality.

> My personal opinion based on observation and reading
> is that this is probably true though I have never done
> any work that involved or required that information.
> Van Dell
>
> --- Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 21, 2007, at 11:07 AM, VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
> >
> > > However there is evidence to suggest that, in the
> > long
> > > run, mixed neighborhoods like that hold value
> > better
> > > than more homogenous communities.
> > > Van Dell
> >
> > Please direct us to that evidence.