Real estate agents in the Hamptons say that people buy expensive property with houses they do not want for one reason : They cannot find the house and setting _ often with mature landscaping, pools and zoning advantages _ they want.
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One author notes that given these changes, it was obvious that time and development had placed the residents of this barrio in a position of no return . " Regional infrastructural expansion, the potential increase in area property values, the community's proximity to the central business district and major transportation routes, the area's mature landscape, and relatively undeveloped lands are sure to encourage speculation and future commercial development ."