I Guess We're Not Important Enough...

 When we were looking for a new place to live a few years back, we had the advantage our parents never had...

We had the internet.

You've heard the term, "bought sight unseen?" That meant something entirely different years ago. Back then, you only had a person's word of what you were buying. Now, we have satellite views, street views, even histories of homes that aren't even for sale. You can see entire neighborhoods, shopping centers, school locations, and even hiking trails close by. We looked at every section of the state, north, south, east, west, and central. We ended up taking two in-person visits--to the middle of the state, and up north.

We chose north.

Yes, I understand that looking at satellite and street views do not give you the same experience as being there in person, but I don't know if anyone can ever say they bought something completely "sight-unseen" again.

Funny thing, when we were looking and checked a home up north, the house did not yet exist on the satellite photos. After driving in the area, we knew it was a new community and judging by the homes that existed in real life vs the satellite image, we concluded the satellite photos were about a year or two old.

No big deal. It always takes time to catch up.

Fast forward several years. Since we moved, twenty or so others have joined us on the hillside. The other day I was checking homes in our area. If you look closely, all the little round tan circles represents a house. You'll notice a lot of little round tan circles. One of them is ours.

I decided to check the neighborhood where we used to live to see if they have updated views. It may look like both satellite images of different communities were taken at the same time. Nope...the picture from the old neighborhood is new, so new that it shows the house in the upper right-hand corner. That house was built last year, which means...

It's a new photo.

Which leaves me to think...are we not as important as those who live sixty miles to the south? The answer is undoubtably yes. at least, as far as satellite photos go. It makes sense. There's close to a million people living in their county and the counties it touches. The same cannot be said for us living in the northern regions.

It's not a big deal. Still...I thought after three + years, they'd at least update our little slice of heaven.

Maybe next year.