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I absolutely
where we are renting (brewery district). We have access to everything we could want within a 15 min walk & >10 min drive to work. I take transit/bike to mine & husband drives. We have really cultivated a one car life & I love it
I absolutely
where we are renting (brewery district). We have access to everything we could want within a 15 min walk & >10 min drive to work. I take transit/bike to mine & husband drives. We have really cultivated a one car life & I love it
We are looking at becoming homeowners in the coming year and are hoping to maintain this lifestyle. This means keeping our costs low, staying close-ish to work and having amenities relatively close.
While my eco and financial brain is at odds now. 2/
While my eco and financial brain is at odds now. 2/
We have floated the idea of one of the townhouses in the core, but they are out of our price range. We would be so house poor we couldn't enjoy the neighborhood anymore.
We've also had some terrible luck with shared walls & old construction. 3/
We've also had some terrible luck with shared walls & old construction. 3/
So now we look at our budget and see we could get a decent sized newer house out in the burbs (north & south tbh). Great right? But we'd have to look at a 2nd car, spend time in traffic and lose our walking to get stuff. 4/
Yeah a bunch of that is VERY dependant on where in the burbs and *how* new they are. I'm talking in general here people. 5/
So what is our compromise?
Living core adjacent. Means we might have some sweat to put into a house but is worth it for everything else we will continue to have.
BUT the reason I'm tweeting... 6/
Living core adjacent. Means we might have some sweat to put into a house but is worth it for everything else we will continue to have.
BUT the reason I'm tweeting... 6/
I'm sure there are PLENTY of renters that want to stay in the core, esp. in prime family growing time, but it can be hard.
-Lack of 3 BDRM rentals
-Very $$$ to buy when looking at comparable single family homes
-Kids can be frowned upon in some
-Losing city run amenities 7/
-Lack of 3 BDRM rentals
-Very $$$ to buy when looking at comparable single family homes
-Kids can be frowned upon in some
-Losing city run amenities 7/
But Cass, they just put up new rental buildings with 3 brdms!
Have you looked at the rents for those places? Our financials absolutely could not handle those prices and we are both FT employees. 8/
Have you looked at the rents for those places? Our financials absolutely could not handle those prices and we are both FT employees. 8/
So how do we fix this? I don't know. The burbs are cheaper to start building, thus cheaper /sq ft to buy, compared to the core.
I'm sure there are a lot of people in our situation. Young families keep places alive and the core may become more of a ghost town. 9/
I'm sure there are a lot of people in our situation. Young families keep places alive and the core may become more of a ghost town. 9/
This means lower school enrollments, less people utilizing family oriented services and thus city run leisure centers in that community.
It's the slow death of an area and it becomes less attractive to do things within your neighborhood (like driving out to a rec center). 10/
It's the slow death of an area and it becomes less attractive to do things within your neighborhood (like driving out to a rec center). 10/
The city absolutely needs to try and balance the needs/wants if all communities but these closures really put the inner city vs the burbs. Who would want to spend the extra money each month when they don't even have nice city run facilities.
We don't even have a city gym 11/
We don't even have a city gym 11/
Well that was quite a ramble, sorry.
We all have a balancing act to do and it really sucks when your hard earned dollars aren't even put back into your community. Even when you make the large financial decision to stay in an expensive place to keep your footprint small.
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We all have a balancing act to do and it really sucks when your hard earned dollars aren't even put back into your community. Even when you make the large financial decision to stay in an expensive place to keep your footprint small.
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