Will_Newsome comments on Rational Home Buying - Less Wrong

99 Post author: Yvain 27 August 2011 12:15AM

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Comment author: gjm 26 August 2011 09:06:13PM 8 points [-]

a neighborhood ... where you'll be relatively high on the social ladder.

That seems to be the reverse of what the research you cited indicates (rich people in rich neighbourhoors of poor counties in America are happy). Don't you want to be in a rich neighbourhood (so you're surrounded by nice things and reminders of your high status) in a poorer region (so you have something worse to compare against) of a rich country (for all the infrastructural benefits that brings)?

Comment author: Will_Newsome 27 August 2011 08:28:14AM 6 points [-]

I wonder if college towns are ideal, e.g. somewhere nice in the Knowledge Corridor.

Comment author: MartinB 28 August 2011 07:19:40AM 0 points [-]

Good for mental stimulation. And probably a nice hospital for later usage.