Yeah, I was just having the same thought. Why would I want to buy a condo and have to fix every little thing myself?
Maybe I've always been here.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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Polter-Cow - Aug 28, 2009 6:10:05 pm PDT #21253 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Zenkitty - Aug 28, 2009 6:45:09 pm PDT #21254 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I love having my own house. I was always afraid I would hate having to take care of everything, but I don't. If I had bought an older place that needed a lot of fixing up, I'm sure I'd feel differently about it, but this place is only 11 years old and well-maintained, so it's not likely to break my wallet anytime soon.
In retrospect, I'm really glad I didn't glad buy a condo in New Jersey when I had a chance to. I wouldn't have been as happy with basically owning an apartment.
JZ - Aug 28, 2009 6:45:26 pm PDT #21255 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm too lazy (and drifty with martinis) to Google it up, but I'm pretty sure that some economist did an in-depth analysis a short while back that suggested that the Bay Area is one of the few weird spots in the US where renting makes much better financial sense than owning.
Dinner tonight: martini, ibuprofen, dark green salad loaded with dense lush tomatoes and kalamata olives, and for dessert a waffle with Captain Kirk's face, slathered in butter.
Jilli, OMG those pictures are gorgeous. Pure fun slathered in gorgeous. Can't wait to see the rest of them.
tommyrot - Aug 28, 2009 6:51:12 pm PDT #21256 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Star Trek waffles are so much cooler than the Star Trek pasties (eta: [link] ) I saw earlier today.
ION, space shuttle Discovery is launching soon....
link is more or less worksafe....
Cass - Aug 28, 2009 6:52:15 pm PDT #21257 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Dinner tonight: martini, ibuprofen
I aspire to be you. Mine was ibuprofen and wine. I can improve just a little, I think.
sj - Aug 28, 2009 11:51:35 pm PDT #21258 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I don't want to be awake. I was having a really nice dream in which I was headed to London and buying myself a kindle.
Anne W. - Aug 29, 2009 2:43:36 am PDT #21259 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I love having my own house. I was always afraid I would hate having to take care of everything, but I don't.
Yes. This. That said, I've found that with a house vs. an apartment, you can end up putting not just a lot more money into the place, but a lot more time. I can easily spend a third to half of my weekend doing basic upkeep chores around the place. I love it, and get a lot of satisfaction from it, but still...
Calli - Aug 29, 2009 3:12:12 am PDT #21260 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I don't want to own a house as much as I want to own property around a house. I love gardening much more than house upkeep. Right now my dislike for house upkeep (and my kind landlords who let me play with a patch of dirt next to my building) is winning out over my wish to garden more.
Zenkitty - Aug 29, 2009 3:37:53 am PDT #21261 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Calli, you can come play in the dirt around my house. My love for gardening is mostly theoretical. As my scraggly rose bushes will attest.
Jessica - Aug 29, 2009 4:24:50 am PDT #21262 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I love the stability that comes with owning my own place. In NYC, it's really unusual to have a lease last for more than two years - after that pretty much everyone goes month to month, and you can be kicked out or have your rent skyrocket with basically no warning. With a baby on the way, we didn't feel we could take that risk.
Had we been more informed about the state of the building at the time we were looking, I think we would have made a different decision about where to buy, but I don't regret leaving the renter's market one bit.