To me this means having a primary residence in the under $1mil range (but doesn't necessarily have to be under $500k).I will still have school aged children and need access to great schools, ideally public to avoid the cost of privateI would still value the ability to access metropolitan environments, though I don't need to live in the urban core. 

PWC & Urban Land Institute study 78 different market in US and rank Seattle as top Real Estate market for 2018...Top spot for last three years...2017 - Austin2016 - Dallas2015 - Houston

This person went to court did his time and has been given another opportunity to become a member of society.

Although growing up in the urban part of LA, my tolerance for crime is a bit higher.   :-) Thanks again for your wonderful write-up and much luck on the rest of your investing journey.

This approach tends to appeal to computer programmers, a new segment of the freshly affluent in our society who have made plenty of money out of math and are already half-deluded by their success in computers into believing that equations applied to concrete, earth, wood, steel, human failings, weather, and the inexorable passage of time will yield a golden system that anyone can use to become fabulously wealthy out of land and the structures built on it.Regard the mathletes and their beliefs with a healthy dose of skepticism, drill down past all the fascination to what these numbers are supposed to offer you in the way of insight, and you'll be fine.

Not including it is an urban legend or a point of confusion for many consumers.

Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

And they just hosted a reception at the urban planning conference last week at the school of architecture and urban planning.

Though there may be exceptions, in most suburban or semi-urban cities, you will not find many single family homes in a 4-family zone. 4-family will likely be near small apartment buildings (5+ units).

Usually schools and crime... walkability comes in to play in some areas (usually more urban,) but local conveniences certainly can be a factor.