Maybe CV is sort of a sweet spot for value preservation: At the top of the “plankton food chain”; strongly affected by move-up equity transfers (unlike the $raptorduck territory) but not vulnerable to the initial speculation runup; preserved by the school system … the houses did not initially attract reckless buyers, and those same buyers are more likely to shrug off the high cost by virtue of the schools … also, the schools attract buyers willing to hold on longer than the typical … what does the future hold? Gravity eventually takes hold; as cost differentials to further north and to the east increase, downward pressure …