Comments on: Justifying the big investment, step by step

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Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:11:09 +0000

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By: Jeffrey A. Haines’ Blog » Blog Archive » Regionalism is still the future

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:24:46 +0000

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April 2008 stats report : William M. Hartnett — Sun, 11 May 2008 14:02:41 +0000

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By: William M. Hartnett

William M. Hartnett — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:29:52 +0000

I posted my thoughts to Matt's question in this post.

By: Matt Waite

Matt Waite — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:45:12 +0000

Just curious — do you ever worry about being too small? Too micro? Builders have been creating demand within communities by calling certain wings of the community different names and building different (usually bigger more expensive) homes there. Do you differentiate? For example, say you have a huge sprawling master planned community called Snooty Oaks. Within Snooty Oaks, the really big houses are in The Preserve at Snooty Oaks. I’ve taken calls from people demanding to have The Preserve at Snooty Oaks — all 30 houses — separated from Snooty Oaks because they live in the Preserve at Snooty Oaks, NOT Snooty Oaks. I’ve personally found that there’s a real fine line between “neighborhood” and “postage stamp with little hope of producing useful data in a geographic context that will tell you anything at all.” People may think it’s real — their builder told them so! — but it’s more a commercial construct and not a really useful one when separated from the larger community. Curious about your thoughts in this area.

By: William M. Hartnett

William M. Hartnett — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:27:11 +0000

I don’t know about a medal, but commitment to the psychiatric wing of the nearest medical facility often seems appropriate.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:15:06 +0000

You deserve a medal. I’m just not sure what for yet. But that’s pretty hardcore.