Nocatee: 14th best selling master planned community in the country

[finehoe]

...if the HOA does its job, your property should maintane its value better than other properties.

This is the conventional wisdom, but I wonder if there are any objective studies that actually demonstrate if this is true.

[John P]

If there are good public schools and the prices are reasonable, then houses will sell, even in this economy. 

It would probably help if the development was not so auto-dependent, but I believe that the driver for St. Johns County real estate right now is their public school system.

How come good students continuously come from bad schools and bad students continuously come from good schools if thats so important. It is not the school its the families. A good student at a bad school will still do well. What too many parents are afraid of are the stereotypes. I guess they dont think drugs are sold in the suburbs. Of all the reasons to move to Nocatee or any suburbs being afraid of your child interacting with different kinds of students is the worst. Teach them well and they will prosper.

[Dashing Dan]

I'm only talking about real estate here.  I'm not talking about whether or not the schools in St. Johns County are actually good.  Instead of "good" I should have written "well regarded."

[cityimrov]

I still know a ton of people who "if I only had the money" would immediately move to a neighborhood like Nocatee.  The more gated and exclusive and far away the place is, the more they want to move there. 

Until they earn more money, they are "forced" to live in a simple neighborhood with a very low crime rate where they can actually walk to the nearest shopping plaza.  They are sad and depressed about their current situation. 

As for people I know who live in communities like this, they are as happy as they can be and love telling everyone how awesome their neighborhood is.  Their eyes are also red and they are in major debt and they are stressed out and complain a lot about the traffic. 

Is there's some hidden contest to be "the most miserable family in Jacksonville"?  What's the grand prize?  It must be awesome because I'm starting to feel left out. 

[skooba]

Man, for a forum that preaches the benefits of diversity and accepting all types of lifestyles, there sure are a lot of hypocrites on here. What big city doesn't have suburbs similar to nocatee? You guys do realize that not every person wants to live in an old house just outside of downtown right?  Similar to how you guys don't like suburbs, there are people who don't like urban living. 

[tufsu1]

skooba...I think most folks understand that there are those who desire the suburbs.....the concern many of us have is that some folks would prefer to live in an urban environment, but feel as if they have to live in the suburbs (whether that be due to price, schools, etc.).

Just as many of us support a diversity of transportation options, we also support a mix of housing types and community types.

[skooba]

Man, for a forum that preaches the benefits of diversity and accepting all types of lifestyles, there sure are a lot of hypocrites on here. What big city doesn't have suburbs similar to nocatee? You guys do realize that not every person wants to live in an old house just outside of downtown right?  Similar to how you guys don't like suburbs, there are people who don't like urban living.

skooba what the heck are you talking about?  This is one of the more bizarre posts Ive read so far.

Sorry, not this thread in particular, but more in general whenever there is a thread about suburban neighborhoods, it always turns into an anti-HOA thread, or how bland the neighborhood is, or how 'safe' urban neighborhoods are, or how the schools aren't really better, or how it requires a car to do anything. 

[thelakelander]

I mentioned this in the Julington Creek Plantation comment section last week.  It applies here as well.

Wow, settle down boys and girls.  I never realized I was a racist, environmentally destructive, insensitive to injured people who don't know how the hell to get to the hospital quickly, asshole.  I'm going to be tossing and turning at night for weeks!!!!!
I really love this area.  I feel really safe and have just about every thing I need close by.

There ya go, let the entertainment continue.

LOL.  Julington Creek Plantation is a great place for those who choose to live there which, by looking at all the cars driving down Race Track Road, numbers in the thousands.  Being in a diversified community, we're going to have an environment where several types of lifestyles appeal to a variety of people.  Obviously, from judging from the comments, the majority of MJ appears to be more urban oriented, so don't take anything said on these discussion boards personally.

[I-10east]

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