To use some sports parlance to perhaps illustrate the point, if it were a boxing match, the scorecard would read:  10 - 4 in favor of Irvington (i.e. not even close).If you look at some of the listings from the online sources for the Highlands neighborhood you reference, you would/could consistently find single-family homes which have sold below $20,000.

But, while Joplin was a school rival for sports (and we won most of the games, BTW) I like Joplin and things are really changing after the tornado.

Everything is all very measurable like knowing sports stats.My goals are not so specific but about trying to build/maintain a work life balance. 

I think some people are here as a sport or just bored for some reason. 

I don't think it's worth renovating, as tennis is a sport that so few people play.

You don't want to be that middle-aged joke with a paunch and a combover with a teenager hanging all over him in an itty-bitty sports car.

My buddy and I grew up playing sports, saw each other just about every other day, had experienced deployments together, and even experienced great loss together when our third co-best-friend crashed his motorcycle in front of both of us and died in our arms. 

In areas such as southern California where we have perfect year round weather, all of the Forbes list companies have offices, high tech, low tech, manufacturing, medical centers, universities galore, amusements, sports venues, zoos, beaches, etc. there is ALWAYS going to be a high demand, thus higher prices.

I’m gonna start off house hacking a duplex here in nh but hope to someday get into some STRs in some areas with mountain bike trails/ski resorts especially some of the less known ones that may be up and coming or that people really into the sport would know.

You pay more for basically the same education and pay more for the prestige of the degree based on the schools reputation, contacts with peers and staff, it sure isn't based on their sports programs (LOL).I'll leave the topic now and let the folklore be told, here they come!