Essay · No. 04
Reading a Prime Street
What separates a good address from a great one is rarely the house.
It is the street. The width of it, the trees along it, the way the light falls in the late afternoon, and above all who chose to live there and stayed. A street reveals itself slowly, and the buyers who do best are the ones who learn to read it before they fall for the home.
Walk it at seven in the morning and again after dark. Notice whether the cars parked overnight belong to residents or to the overflow of somewhere busier nearby. Notice which homes have been held for decades and which turn over every few years. A street where families stay is telling you something no listing ever will.
The house can be changed. The street cannot. Pay for the street, and the house will follow.
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