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Not a chance. First parks are full of bullies even little kids, in all neighborhoods, and teens are attracted to evenings in the park. But now parks are being taken over but encampments for homeless and or political gain. Course I am in a suburb of the dreaded Minneapolis. Right now one of our biggest parks, Powderhorn, is a homeless, drug addict, political encampment with dirty used needles all over the place for the few children that still try to play there. You never know when “they” are coming for Your park!
Would you buy a house in a subdivision that borders a community park? This would be in a upper middle class area. The park has a walking/jogging trail, big center greenspace, playground, small picnic tables, and public bathrooms. It doesn't draw huge crowds (about 20 parking spots), and there are no organized sports played there.
The subdivision has about 20 homes, and this specific home is at the far end (maybe 80-100 yards away, so not much noise traveling from the park). The subdivision has its own special pedestrian entrance to the park with a gate code. The subdivision front entrance is not gated, so any cars can drive in.
Not a chance. First parks are full of bullies even little kids, in all neighborhoods, and teens are attracted to evenings in the park. But now parks are being taken over but encampments for homeless and or political gain. Course I am in a suburb of the dreaded Minneapolis. Right now one of our biggest parks, Powderhorn, is a homeless, drug addict, political encampment with dirty used needles all over the place for the few children that still try to play there. You never know when “they” are coming for Your park!
Powderhorn has never been a great neighborhood. At least, when I lived in MPLS several years ago it wasn't a very good neighborhood, there were concerns about rapes happening in that park. But plenty of other neighborhoods have parks that add to the value of the neighborhoods in Minneapolis (Minehaha Creek or Lake Harriet Bandshell.)
That wouldn't be a show stopper for me. Events are happy noises. And they can be heard for many blocks.
You're welcome to come to my house and listen to "RUN, RUN, RUN, KICK, KICK ,KICK for 12 to 14 hours a day during the Summer & Fall from 10 soccer fields. Those are the only 2 things you can do in soccer yet the parents seem to have to remind the little rug rats of it every moment of the game. Not to mention the air horns they blow.
Why is that? It's all built out where I live, no room to put anything else here, with the possible exception that someone may add a small ADU, if their yard is large enough, and that's unlikely.
I live in the SF Bay Area, not necessarily San Francisco proper.
You're welcome to come to my house and listen to "RUN, RUN, RUN, KICK, KICK ,KICK for 12 to 14 hours a day during the Summer & Fall from 10 soccer fields. Those are the only 2 things you can do in soccer yet the parents seem to have to remind the little rug rats of it every moment of the game. Not to mention the air horns they blow.
There's a big debate down here in our town about the noise occurring from pickleball courts that were built there recently.
We took the dog down there for a walk just to see if it was as bad as the people were living there were claiming.
Yeah, it was pretty obnoxious... that pop, pop, popping sound actually did irritate after only a short time. No way would I want to live near that. But the kids yelling and hooting it up on the playground? Now, that was nice.
Even if the park seems benign now, be wary of how things change. Open spaces can become not so nice, no guarantee.
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