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I would not. I wouldn't like being within earshot of noisy events that might occur there. Games, big family gatherings, screaming and yelling, etc. I prefer more separation from other humans. Yes, I might use the park, but when I'm not I want to get away from those who are.
Funny, people often regard a house next to a cemetery as being less desirable. IMHO it would be quieter, more peaceful and with more established trees and green than many other places. Plus, very unlikely to be bulldozed for even more housing. Ghosts haunting graves? I'd love to see one!
My cousins bought a house next to a cemetery about a year ago. They have a nice spread...several acres, 2 or 3 outbuildings, close to a lake.
A few months ago, someone told my cousin's wife that they would have difficulty selling the house because of the cemetery. And she was complaining that they might have difficulty selling it down the road.
I was genuinely confused. I asked her "Are you all planning on selling? "No". "But you bought this place knowing there was a cemetery next door...right? "Yes". "Well...it didn't stop you, right?"
Me personally, a cemetery wouldn't bother me at all. Cemeteries are like peaceful parks to me.
My house is across the park and i love morning view of the park & being able to go for quick walk. It is a small local public park. Doesn't get too crowded. I prefer being near park
DON"T DO IT !
We got caught in a reverse situation, we lived in our house for 30 years on a 1/2 acre, farm fields all around us in an unincorporated area and then 10 years ago the town annexed the land around us and built a 120 acre park right behind our houses. It has 10 soccer fields plus walking paths and lighted baseball fields and in the warm months from 7:00 am until dark all you hear is sports noise. The Winter is OK as the park is pretty much closed. I confronted the elected officials of the town and reminded them that not one of them live anywhere near the park. It has ruined our quiet, country life. We are planning on moving as soon as we find another quiet location.
It really depends on the types of activity and hours that will be permitted at the park property. Baseball / Soccer play fields and basketball/tennis courts probably not, but green space with playground walking trails more likely. Part of the issue also is how much of a lot you have and can you create via landscaping some sort of personal residential privacy (green hedge / fence / privacy walls etc). So that if you are type who likes to be outside enjoying your own yard that you don't feel like everyone in the general public can peer right into your yard. There are some neighborhood residential parks near where I live and most of the residential houses immediately adjacent have varying degrees of vegetative buffer for this purpose.
Best location I lived at had major metropark behind it with fairly steep valley. No trails immediately accessible but always had the beautiful green ravine / valley landscape in view. I only saw houses when winter came and trees were bare.
Any concerns about homeless population? Also, if family picnics generating food garbage, think about rats. Overflow parking.
Depends on the neighborhood really.
I would love to live within walking distance of a park/playground. It’s one of the things I miss most about my old house. I probably wouldn’t want it directly next door, but as long as I had privacy in my backyard, I’d be all for having a park like you describe in the neighborhood.
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