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The real estate premium you pay so your view can do the bragging for you.
means Land or property situated along the edge of a body of water — a river, lake, or sea.
from A plain compound of 'water' and 'side,' formed exactly the way it looks — the side or edge of something that sits by water. English has built this kind of straightforward spatial compound for centuries (think 'hillside,' 'roadside,' 'seaside'), with 'waterside' following the same pattern to mark the strip of land where ground gives way to water.
- price markup
- often 20-50 percent over inland equivalents
- etymology
- literally just water plus side, zero poetry required
- flood risk
- the view and the insurance bill rise together
- universal appeal
- humans settle near water for 10,000 years running