Dear HCN,


I just noted your new policy of not running real estate ads and wanted to say that this was one of the features I really enjoy about HCN.


Why not limit the wording in some way? Your readership is an excellent target audience for environmentally unique properties. Also, if they buy it, your readers are more likely to care for it better than the average Joe. I think you short-change us by not giving us this information and yourself by denying that revenue.


The land will sell. Better to one of us than some timber baron. I hope you’ll rethink this position.

Jim McMahon


Arvada, Colorado

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Bring back real estate ads

by Jim McMahon, High Country News
April 18, 1994

<h1>Bring back real estate ads</h1> <p class="byline">by Jim McMahon, High Country News <br />April 18, 1994</p> <p>Dear HCN,</p> <p>I just noted your new<br /> policy of not running real estate ads and wanted to say that this<br /> was one of the features I really enjoy about<br /> HCN.</p> <p>Why not limit the wording in some way? Your<br /> readership is an excellent target audience for environmentally<br /> unique properties. Also, if they buy it, your readers are more<br /> likely to care for it better than the average Joe. I think you<br /> short-change us by not giving us this information and yourself by<br /> denying that revenue.</p> <p>The land will sell. Better<br /> to one of us than some timber baron. I hope you’ll rethink this<br /> position.</p> <p>Jim<br /> McMahon</p> <p>Arvada,<br /> Colorado</p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=188177">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Bring back real estate ads</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hcn.org/issues/issue-7/bring-back-real-estate-ads/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hcn.org">High Country News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.hcn.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=122659&amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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