Housing in Boulder is not Bay Area expensive, of course, but it's pretty dang pricey compared to most of the country.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Apr 05, 2016 11:51:39 am PDT #19022 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 05, 2016 12:00:03 pm PDT #19023 of 30003
"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
I pay about twice my parents' mortgage in rent with no equity, but on the flip side not having to deal with home insurance, repairs, and a lawn has probably added years to my life thanks to reduced stress.
Steph L. - Apr 05, 2016 12:16:42 pm PDT #19024 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
having to fix things when they break
Which BLOWS. I've lived with Tim more than 8 years now, and I *still* hate not having a superintendant down the hall. Plus, I still resent paying for water and heat (most rentals here -- or, at least, the places I lived -- paid water and heat).
Some day I will grow up and be an adult, but today is not that day.
Fluoxetine
Fluticasone, I hope. (Fluoxetine is Prozac; fluticasone is Flonase, which I also use because I live with 2 cats, to whom I am VERY allergic, though I love them)
Fred Pete - Apr 05, 2016 12:19:02 pm PDT #19025 of 30003
Ann, that's a ferret.
You're right, Steph. Thanks for the correction. Hubs and I are on so many meds between us, it's sometimes hard to keep track in my head.
Connie Neil - Apr 05, 2016 12:20:47 pm PDT #19026 of 30003
brillig
not having to deal with home insurance, repairs, and a lawn has probably added years to my life thanks to reduced stress.
Which was the deciding factor between condo and apartment, though condos should cover the lawn, which incurs the condo fees.
msbelle - Apr 05, 2016 12:24:54 pm PDT #19027 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am leaning very hard toward condo for my next purchase.
Atropa - Apr 05, 2016 12:37:37 pm PDT #19028 of 30003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Pete and I are idly thinking of a condo for when we eventually move from this house. While condo fees and sharing walls with people are not thrilling, no yard care and someone to take care of things if they go wrong sound very enticing.
(We have learned the hard way that we are not DIY home repair people.)
lisah - Apr 05, 2016 12:39:38 pm PDT #19029 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
The flip side of condos taking care of some things is having a condo board making decisions about your shared living space that maybe aren't the decisions you'd make. And you have to pay for those decisions. Plus, condo fees.
Dana - Apr 05, 2016 12:42:29 pm PDT #19030 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
With townhouses, I have definitely appreciated not having to worry about lawn care and landscaping. We are not lawn care people.
SuziQ - Apr 05, 2016 12:45:10 pm PDT #19031 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
With my townhome I have a small front and back yard. My back yard is mostly patio/deck. But I back up for a green space so there is pretty lawn back there that I don't have to care for.