Places like Hilton Head, with water adjacency and nice climates, are in high demand, and land values are insane. In the case of Hilton Head, which was developed in 1970 on what had been a mosquito- and alligator-infested swampy barrier island, land value has leaped from nearly zero to now unaffordable.
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Related Historically, rising gas prices have not had an impact on travelers to Hilton Head Island. CHARLIE CLARK My council unanimously was stunned to see $16 million worth of (capital improvement projects) and ab... CHUCK HOELLE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES What Hilton has done now is a little bit of a surprise in that some statements made earlier by Hilto... ARTHUR ADLER With Hilton Head we're pretty evenly matched. All the matches are all close. It'll come down pretty ... BILL DAMUDE The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony.... ... That's what's happening.... DEYTH BANGER I'm pleased with where the girls are at. We never beat Hilton Head, Prep or Beaufort last year in bo... DANA HOUSE Del Webb started out with 5,000 homes (at Sun City Hilton Head). We went to the next level in Blufft... DEAN MOSS We played great, ... it's just Hilton Head is tough. THE EAGLES Land prices have been recovering and expectations for rising asset values are still high. On top of ... MASAAKI ENDO I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilder... BIBLE Wexford Plantation is excited to bring college golf back to Hilton Head Island. The membership and s... BOB FULTON It has been a momentous year for Hilton Group, culminating in the announcement of the sale of (hotel... IAN ROBINSON A large whale was taken betwixt my land abutting on the Thames and Greenwich, which drew an infinite... JOHN EVELYN One of the most magical places on Earth is a small island in the Caribbean called Mustique. With bri... NINA GARCIA Allie, what do the Stars tell me to do? You know I don't understand the scientific part. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The capacity of humans to believe in what seems to me highly improbable- from table tapping to the s... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Like many children of the rich and famous, Paris Hilton didn't always get to spend quality time ... JERRY OPPENHEIMER Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, Your head like the golden-rod, And we will go sailing a... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Obviously, it's great farm land, We've got some folks on staff who understand the land there, the mi... BRIAN NISHIDA We want people to see us as part of the cultural vitality of the greater Hilton Head area. DOUG BARRY Our concepts for the Hilton are innovative and will be trend-setting in the hospitality industry. We... JUDY ANDERSON We're very excited about it. I think it's a great thing for a golf community like Hilton Head is to ... BOB FULTON Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, Your head like the golden-rod, And we will go sai... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX It (the office market) is changing, it starts with land value. Land values have probably shot up 100... DONALD MUDD Even Lot might have been mistaken. But that’s what he promised ‘em – his virgin daughters, you... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York Island. From the redwo... WOODY GUTHRIE This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York island, From the redwo... WOODY GUTHRIE The interest is in the water. The value is in the land. BILL CAMPBELL Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Right now, I think Hilton has clearly put a wrench in the process by offering $70 per share. JASON ADER You land on these foam squares, it's OK you don't land on your head, you land on your feet. BREE COLE The Hilton Family of Hotels has made numerous enhancements to its websites that are better tailored ... BALA SUBRAMANIAN The coaches say we went from Hilton Magic to Hilton Tragic. On the road, we really bring it. I can't... WILL BLALOCK Stacy Allen ran a very nice steeple race. She was a little rough on her first lap or two and then se... BARBARA HARTWIG People have been shying away from high-tech issues, which are vulnerable to changes in external dema... KAZUYUKI NAITO People have been shying away from high-tech issues, which are vulnerable to changes in external dema... KAZUYUKI NAITO This is really a very exciting time for Hilton because we are aggressively re-igniting our brand. Ha... JEFF DISKIN We purchased land, had it developed, and it was ready to go for a company that would be coming in th... CURT MORRIS For 18 years I called games from the press box at Hilton Head (High School), and really I feel more ... DAVE ADAMS We are going on faith that we will have the land, and our building, within the next few months - eve... BOB MILLER Value has been added into the land. Now it needs to get into the grape. DENNIS COLLINS There are 30,000 families whose land has been lost to the sea. And with the best will in the world d... DOUGLAS KEATINGE There are ships which float on water,
Or docked next to land.
The very best ships are friendships wi... TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN A highly developed values system is like a compass. It serves as a guide to point you in the right d... IDOWU KOYENIKAN I'm fortunate enough with the surfing to be very much at home at the water - my pulse and heart ... RYAN KWANTEN So now, in addition to already suffering from severe back, knee and calf pains, he has now developed... MASSOUMEH SHAFIIE We are pleased with the terms of this deal, which allows us to sell the resort at an attractive pric... DAVE SHERF One of the properties on the list last year sold. And there was another sale just of land that was l... JOYCE REY Yes, I was born in Coney Island. The Holy Land. ARLO GUTHRIE We are proud to be opening the Hilton Garden Inn West Des Moines, our third hotel location in Iowa. ... ADRIAN KURRE I had been writing songs for other people for a while, and I made a demo and I put it on my Myspace,... NATALIA KILLS I believe that agriculture land - productive agricultural land with water on site - will be valuable... MICHAEL BURRY What's amazing about the water is kids who are impaired on land because of gravity have more indepen... AILENE TISSER I've cracked my head open before; I've had some great injuries. So I have to do it on the si... MAIKA MONROE I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welco... HARRIET TUBMAN They come, an' they quit an' go on; an' every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his he... JOHN STEINBECK What I don’t understand,’ Geoff says, ‘is why did the first fish, like the one who started lan... PAUL MURRAY The heads of both dummies were protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intrud... ADRIAN LUND Front desk clerks at Hilton are generally empowered to listen to any reasonable request. We probably... JOHN LUKE How does water move, and when it moves, what happens? How does land shape water flow and how does wa... CHAR MILLER Had this phone call come in from a land line, we would have been able to trace the call to the exact... DETECTIVE VIRGINIA LOPEZ Not to wax nostalgic about the 1970’s, but back then people got upset when they saw injustice. The... SENATOR JOHN KERRY Weve poisoned the air, the water, and the land. In our passion to control nature, things h... ROBERT REDFORD The wealth-income ratio in the United States has always been lower than in Europe. The main reason i... ROBERT SOLOW As the property manager on a barrier island, the realities are starting to kick in. ROBERT MOORE This kind of shallow stream system seems to be where many features of land-living animals first aros... TED DAESCHLER Reports are that it has already outsold Paris Hilton is some areas. MARK MOELLER The Cowboys have had so many problems, and now they're bringing in a head case. He's going to infest... GREG HARDY The Hilton Prize was established in 1996 to call attention to organizations that are effective and i... JUDY MILLER As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the ... WOODY GUTHRIE It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light. LAUREN LOLA When churches don’t teach people the values of excellence, they are promoting theft in the land. SUNDAY ADELAJA When churches don’t teach the values of hard work, they are encouraging fraud in the land. SUNDAY ADELAJA It's a wonderful deal for Hilton. It's really allowing them to control the Hilton brand on a global ... JOSEPH BETLEJ It basically describes everything that KBDJ has agreed to do on its land in order to keep the water ... KIRSTIN VOINIS We are truly honored and appreciate all of the recognition the Hilton campaign has received. It refl... JEFF DISKIN Through the international hotel empire, the Hilton name has become synonymous with class and sophist... JERRY OPPENHEIMER Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobod... JOHN STEINBECK My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real obj... ROBERT BRESSON This area has changed a lot in some ways. It's much more upscale. Dylan or The Band don't do impromp... KATE PIERSON This area has changed a lot in some ways. It's much more upscale. Dylan or The Band don't do impromp... KATE PIERSON Though I imagine we're killing ourselves right now in all manner of ways that'll seem insane to peop... RANSOM RIGGS I began by saying that our history will be what we make it. If we go on as we are, then history will... EDWARD R. MURROW Today, the rich bottom land of the Misssissippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar... GORDON SINCLAIR Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thi... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Bed-tax receipts are dominated by the Hilton. JEFF WEIR Typically, you don't go vertical until the land values are so high you can't go horizontal anymore. GRANT THRALL Its head and face resembled an alligator. RALPH CARTER It's a long story. Want a refill?" "No, let's start the steak. Where's the button?" "Right... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN McCain told me this was worse than being in the Hanoi Hilton. JOHN DOWD We are proud to welcome this landmark hotel -- fully restored and offering the latest in amenities a... JEFF DISKIN Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a... KILROY J. OLDSTER I love England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the summer and it wa... OTIS REDDING We live in a land like no other - a land of freedom and opportunity unparalleled on the face of the ... BOB TAFT There are multiple things wrong with it (the existing ordinance), it has regulations going back to t... COUNCILMAN DAVE KUCHERER Tessa had lain down beside him and slid her arm beneath his head, and put her head on his chest,list... CASSANDRA CLARE In 2001, the Associated Press published a three-part investigation into the theft of black-owned lan... TA-NEHISI COATES
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Things go wr... SUSAN RICE Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly... SUSAN MINOT If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sur... SUSAN RICE I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kind... SUSAN SONTAG Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide som... SUSAN LIEBERMAN I love my life, my family and my friends, and I'm drawn to 'relationship' novels because... SUSAN WIGGS Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some oth... SUSAN ESTRICH You can admire people for sure, and they're worth admiring, but you need to find that special th... SUSAN EGAN Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of cou... SUSAN GEORGE Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs. SUSAN SONTAG The American fantasy of love is the 'meet-cute,' 'Love at first sight,' and 'You... SUSAN STRAIGHT The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjec... SUSAN SONTAG I am a lover of truth; and if you think of truth as being multifaceted and so huge that we human bei... SUSAN HOWATCH Every time I hear someone making ignorant comments about the supposed 'evils' of homosexuali... SUSAN ESTRICH Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, ... SUSAN WOJCICKI The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own. SUSAN SONTAG To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability.... SUSAN SONTAG As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people t... SUSAN SONTAG Life is not significant details, illuminated by a flash, fixed forever. Photographs are. 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