Plymouth's motto is "City of Homes" ("residential properties"). When one buys or sells a home "comparable values" within a mile matter a lot. Unfortunately for everyone in the 2-square mile City, 50...
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Plymouth's motto is "City of Homes" ("residential properties"). When one buys or sells a home "comparable values" within a mile matter a lot. Unfortunately for everyone in the 2-square mile City, 50 percent of the land and 35 percent of the homes have values are worth less due to train noise. Go to https://sites.google.com/site/plymouthquietzone to see a "noise distribution map" that illustrates this. Basically by adding some additional safety equipment to prevent cars from going around the gate arms, the trains no longer need to sound their horns. This has been done in 570 communities (many smaller than ours) and clearly we are as capable as others as demonstrated daily in our beautiful city. For most homeowners their home is one of their largest assets, so any increase in the value has an immediate impact. A property value study of the 1,545 homes within 2,000 ft of the 7 crossings estimates values would increase $30 million. The address-level data is at the site above.
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Nov 24, 2013 by
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Plymouth's motto is "City of Homes" ("residential properties"). When one buys or sells a home "comparable values" within a mile matter a lot. Unfortunately for everyone in the 2-square mile City, 50 percent of the land and 35 percent of the homes have values are worth less due to train noise. Go to https://sites.google.com/site/plymouthquietzone to see a "noise distribution map" that illustrates this. Basically by adding some additional safety equipment to prevent cars from going around the gate arms, the trains no longer need to sound their horns. This has been done in 570 communities (many smaller than ours) and clearly we are as capable as others as demonstrated daily in our beautiful city. For most homeowners their home is one of their largest assets, so any increase in the value has an immediate impact. A property value study of the 1,545 homes within 2,000 ft of the 7 crossings estimates values would increase $30 million. The address-level data is at the site above.
