I'm never going to own a house, am I?
Hey, if it's any consolation, our plan is to buy a building that can be converted to a theater and build an apartment somewhere in the building. I don't think we'll ever own a house-house either.
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
juliana - Apr 22, 2005 6:46:03 am PDT #8077 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
flea - Apr 22, 2005 6:46:13 am PDT #8078 of 10001
information libertarian
You could probably own one in Eastern Washington now. The question is, will you own a house in a place you'd actaully want to live?
Gudanov - Apr 22, 2005 6:47:40 am PDT #8079 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
They were starting at about $650K then.
It would be hard to find a house for sale at that price in my zip code. There are some houses that cost that much or more, but very few. Probably all of them are the gated golf community or on large acreages.
Calli - Apr 22, 2005 6:49:48 am PDT #8080 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I could get a condo in my neighborhood that's about the size of my current apartment (~550 sq. ft.) for ~150k. Which isn't that bad, considering it's a nice, established, middle-class neighborhood that's a 15 minute drive from RTP (ie, where many of the jobs are). So you might think that I'd be a fool a) not to buy and b) to be job hunting elsewhere.
But then, if I mention to you that I'm trying to get back into teaching for the considerable increase in salary that would entail . . .
tommyrot - Apr 22, 2005 6:49:54 am PDT #8081 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think I shall live in a Zeppelin and roam the earth.
Gudanov - Apr 22, 2005 6:50:49 am PDT #8082 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I hear you can get a hydrogen filled one cheap.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 22, 2005 6:51:02 am PDT #8083 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Make sure it's filled with helium!
msbelle - Apr 22, 2005 6:51:24 am PDT #8084 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am very pro people buying places together - with friends and shit. Iknow some friends in CO who did it. They had a contract drawn up between them wehere the other one would be offered right of first refusal should either want to sell and it allowed them both to build up equity until they could each afford their own place. Certainly not the plan for everyone (and not a situation that co-op board like mine would go for), but it worked for them and I thought it was a great alternative.
Calli - Apr 22, 2005 6:51:45 am PDT #8085 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Make sure it's filled with helium!
And then phone us regularly.
tommyrot - Apr 22, 2005 6:52:31 am PDT #8086 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Make sure it's filled with helium!
Heh. Maybe I could be a super-villian who always speaks in a high-pitched voice from inhaling helium.