Quick Survey: Would you buy a house next to a cemetery?

[Irving]

Extra points if it is a cemetery that is more established and full, like an old church cemetery or something. Less new traffic that way.

[ruthabagah]

Personally, nope. Wouldn't do it.

Any particular reason?

[Firehaus]

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[Rooskibar03]

Any particular reason?

Call me stupid and superstitious I just find them creepy. Some of the very old, hundreds of years, cemeteries are interesting but I still wouldn't want to live next to one.

[theGinsue]

Thread updated with poll.

You can thank me later.

Oh, and I voted Yes.

[ruthabagah]

Thread updated with poll.

You can thank me later.

Thank you!

[Singlestack]

Nope. All it takes is either a wierd bacteria strain or a comet passing too close to earth to make the deaders burrow to the surface and come after you. I seen it in the movies, I did. Might as well buy a house built on top of Rocky Flats.

[ruthabagah]

Call me stupid and superstitious I just find them creepy. Some of the very old, hundreds of years, cemeteries are interesting but I still wouldn't want to live next to one.

Thank you for the answer. I have to admit, it is a polarizing subject, and I appreciate your input.

[mrghost]

I guess I cannot find the poll buttons

So: a nice house (4500sqft), semi custom, no direct neighbors on 3 sides, the 4th side is a quiet street. Problem: you are surrounded by a cemetery (looks more like a park really)... But it give you an amazing unobstructed view of the mountains.

Would you buy it? I am about to, but the wife think we'll never be able to resell it when we decide to downsize 10 years from now.

Wouldn't hesitate to go for it myself. But then again, as you might guess by my profile pic and handle, I'm kinda drawn to that sort of thing.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Absolutely as well.
That is a huge house, btw. No neighbors on 3 sides and a quiet street? I would run, not walk, to put the offer in.

Absolutely.
1) You have your own private running path that is privately maintained at no cost to you.

This. I've ridden a lot of miles in Mt Olivet just trying to get cornering down for crit season.
And this is something I've thought a lot about as well. It is so hard to permit bike races. They really should run circuits or crits in the bigger cemetaries.
If the afterlife is like the "Our Town" play, I'd love to sit and watch.
If it is my family member, I like that there is some amount of activity that happens every now and again. I've never gotten the sense that anyone visiting thought I was doing anything disrespectful.