I love my canyon view – not because of the view, but because there isn’t neighbor there. I have 1 neighbor to the left, 1 to the right, and nothing for 300 feet to the rear.

I guess a golf-course view is sort of like this, though I’d rather be backed up to nature than a golf course.

I’d go smaller house, bigger lot. I’d rather have more outdoor space to maintain than indoor space to clean.

Depends on if you mean “status” or “pleasant” when you talk about the neighborhood. If one is gang-ridden or could turn bad as housing drops but the other is nice, then yeah, the ‘hood matters. But if the neighbors are good people and kids play in the street and the school district is fine in both neighborhoods, then I don’t really think the ‘hood matters much.