I disagree: Many of the most attractive neighborhoods to me were built recently. I used to love walking around the area in Palo Alto around University Ave, on

I disagree: Many of the most attractive neighborhoods to me were built recently. I used to love walking around the area in Palo Alto around University Ave, on the residential side of Middlefield. Many of those buildings are new. When I could buy, and then build, a house in Massachusetts, I chose recently-built, upscale neighborhoods. The difference, compared to most neighborhoods, is that the houses are more expensive, and built to a higher quality. (I also favored neighborhoods with restaurants in walking distance. This is possible, even in suburbia.) I suspect that the older neighborhoods the article favors are just the upscale ones. The cheaper neighborhoods built centuries ago didn't last.