In searching for a house to buy the most important issue for me is quiet. Real estate agents describe all properties as extremely quiet, even as cars and leaf blowers are roaring nearby. In particular, I find dog barking to be extremely disturbing and disruptive of the peace, especially in the quiet of one's home. I do not understand why there might not be some real estate developer who would try to cater to a niche market that would value true quiet and serenity over angry, noisy barking, however sporadic.
I do understand and tolerate people enjoying their pets, but believe there are enough of us who simply desire more separation from the possibilities of uncontrolled howling, biting, or dumping. I've heard that barking is generally a major complaintheard by police departments.
Would it be feasible (logistics, demographics, legalities) for a development, town, or community to be organized where like-minded people have all (contractually, in their own interest) agreed to prohibit or severely regulate dog ownership? Similarly for experimenting with limiting (hours?, days?) or de-emphasizing in some way, vehicle access, leaf blowers, etc.Not sure of a category; why not between "Sound Reduction" and "Virtual Dog".
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If you build it, I will live there. What you need to find (or build, if it doesn't already exist) is a community of single-family homes on lots (so you can keep your neighbors at least 30 feet away), but run by a homeowners' assn. (HOA) that prohibits dogs, regulates use of leaf blowers (such as 9:00 to 5:00, and prohibited all day Sunday), etc. I think it's legally and economically feasible. The problem is finding a developer who would be willing to do it. I think the way the real estate market generally works in the U.S. is that developers build what they want to build and people settle for residences that aren't what they really want, because there is no alternative. It's exorbitantly expensive to hire an architect to design a house to your specs and then have it built. So you end up with a few basic designs and dozens of slight variations on these designs.