WHAT YOU'LL PAY The wide range of housing prices makes New Providence a desirable town for young families looking to establish a foothold.
These days even a well-kept house like this one, in a desirable town like Ridgewood, is likely to sell for a price that disappoints its owners.
"It needed some work, but the market at the time was strong and Larchmont is a very desirable town," said Ms. Juergens, 48, a former magazine editor who now works in public relations.
Traders frequent local markets and outdoor events, but due to a combination of factors, notably the British weather and a lack of desirable town-centre pitches, only a tiny minority of them regularly serve food on the streets.
"Basically, people started to pay for view, for fish, for wildlife and access to more desirable towns," Mr. Taylor said.
Some houses in desirable towns are being offered either for sale or for rent, with owners taking whichever is the better deal presented, said Ms. Hunter, who is the vice president of the Lois Schneider agency.
In many ways, the expatriates of Westchester, who live side by side with Americans 2in some of the county's most desirable towns and villages, have blended so seamlessly into suburban life -- with mothers shuttling children from play dates to practices -- that it is easy to miss them.
Dr. Robert Cline lives in a graceful four-bedroom house with a pool in a tree-shrouded neighborhood considered one of the more desirable in town.
For example, it doesn't much matter how big your garden is; a certain laxity of approach is desirable; and town gardens are, for the most part, as good for wildlife as country ones.
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This has played out in different ways in different parts of the city: in Hackney, for example, Labour's grip has stayed as strong as ever even as it's become more desirable; across town in places like Hammersmith, Fulham and Ealing, where "uplift" has been around for longer, Conservatives have gained ground and many political battles have become closer, fiercer and subtler.
