Brigita's Blog: September 2007

Beautiful, wooded, level 2.8 acre lot on a quiet road.

Property is located in Moore Township in Northampton County close to State Gamelands and Blue Mountain Ski area in a great neighborhood.  It has a panoramic view and is not subdividable.  May build a modular or single family home.  Lot was perced in early 1980's for sand mound.  Allowed to have 1 horse on property. 

Listing price is $125,000      UNDER AGREEMENT 9/28/07          SOLD 10/17/07

For more information, click on http://brigitamlvrealtor.com

I drove from Nazareth down to Bethlehem for an appointment and decided to take a route I haven't used in a while.  It's been a few weeks since I've been this way, and I like to go different routes to my destinations.  This way I can see what's new in the area.  WOW!!!!! Was I in for a surprise!!!!

I'm driving down the road I've driven many times before and I noticed major changes.  I'm looking all around and I don't see anything familiar.  The open spaces and farmland are now construction sites, the homes along the road (especially one rancher that I was fond of) have disappeared, the road is wider and the fields are regraded and ready for new construction.  Am I going down the right road???  This doesn't look at all like the same road I drove down just barely a month ago.  I don't recognize a thing.  I felt like I had moved to another area. 

Unfortunately, this is the scene that is familiar in many parts of the country.  The areas are developing at a fast rate.  These changes are happening not in just one area, but all over the Lehigh Valley.  Residents, that have lived here for all or most of their lives, are getting lost, including myself.  I have taken clients to see listings and en route have gotten lost.  Some roads that have been around for years are gone and many new ones added, some going nowhere, due to development.  No wonder I am not able to find my way around.  And I have lived here most of my life.  The area is changing way too fast.  I just heard on the news today that an area farm will be turned into 557 new residences.  FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN!!!!!!!!  No wonder I don't recognize the area any more!!! 

I realize we have to be open to progress, but must it be this quick?  With the number of vacant homes and stores on the market, is there really a need for new housing and malls?  (Ever think that maybe that's why the market is slow???)  Driving around, I notice that there are drug stores and convenience stores every few blocks.  Shopping malls are within close proximity to each other.  Do we really need that many stores?  These are all things we need to think about before we lose all of our open spaces.  Once they are gone, they will be gone forever.