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Originally Posted by Trae
For schools, the big city districts typically have a handful of token very good schools and/or magnet programs but you're either buying in a high priced neighborhood or a higher crime/gentrifying neighborhood to get into those. This versus buying in a typical suburban neighborhood where everyone in your neighborhood goes to the school you're zoned to, which is typically higher performing than the same house in the inner city going to its zoned school.
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I'm not talking about urban cores, I'm talking about outer sprawl vs. inner suburbia. I really doubt your average McMansion buyer is simultaneously considering urban living.
Is there a metro where the outer sprawl McMansion zone has better schools than the older suburbs? I doubt it. In Dallas, older suburbs like Frisco have much better schools than the newest sprawlburbs. And schools in the oldest suburbs like University Park/Highland Park are better still. In Detroit, the best school districts are all in fully built-out suburbs.
If you're building a McMansion in a cornfield, you're pretty likely to have inferior schools. IMO it's more of a more space/new construction thing.