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Residents’ evaluation of advantages and disadvantages of golf community living in Alicante, Spain

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The growing numbers of golf communities are attracting a diverse group of homebuyers who experience varying levels of neighborhood satisfaction. A multinomial logistic regression analysis with follow-up ANOVA reveals that homeowners in one region of Spain who believe there are more advantages than disadvantages to living in a golf community are more likely to be older, Spanish, and evaluate the natural environment, sports facilities, and water supply of their community as better. Meanwhile, those who perceive more disadvantages cite the limitations on using the golf course for non-golf activities, high housing costs, automobile dependence, and lack of services and shops. Thus, satisfaction with the golf community varies depending on the residents’ personal characteristics as well as their evaluation of the neighborhood’s characteristics, but is not directly attributable to whether they play golf or whether the course was a decisive factor in choosing the house.

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Source: Adapted from Amérigo and Aragonés (1997, p. 48)

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  1. The terms golf community and neighborhood are used interchangeably when referring to the study areas. Each of the golf communities included in the analysis is a defined self-contained area. The survey that provided the data for this study referred to the golf community as the resident’s neighborhood.

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  1. Department of Real Estate, Georgia State University, 309 Welton Way, Peachtree City, GA, 30269, USA

    Karen M. Gibler

  2. Departamento de Análisis Económico, Universidad de Alicante, Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, 03080, Alicante, Spain

    Paloma Taltavull de La Paz

  3. Department of Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA, 30223, USA

    Velma Zahirovic-Herbert

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Gibler, K.M., Taltavull de La Paz, P. & Zahirovic-Herbert, V. Residents’ evaluation of advantages and disadvantages of golf community living in Alicante, Spain. J Hous and the Built Environ 33, 731–748 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-017-9583-0

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