No, I'm not talking about the hilarious one about the Expedit I facebooked, which you can read too if you like.
This one about Gen Y maybe wanting to leave the inner cities, against all the trends.
I wouldn't say I ever missed the suburbs, but I'm trying to see the bright side now. I'm sadly giving up my carfree lifestyle and figuring out which car to buy. Enjoying my walking-distance-from-the-beach location every swimming-weather day I can, before I go inland. Even breaking my No Takeaway rule because the days of easy access to cheap asian food are slipping through my fingers.
But on the bright side, there will be a vast improvement in my finances—the proportion of my income spent on rent will be reduced and even buying a place will be within reach one day. I'll be able to own and play a real piano as loudly as I like, no shared walls. I'll have a front door that goes outside instead of onto a corridor. I may even have a BACK door! I may have access to dirt I can grow things in, instead of a concreted common driveway area. This is all stuff I can live without, and have lived happily without, but they are upsides.
Should watch Hart of Dixie again.
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But if there's grass you have to mow it. I try to avoid gardens even in the suburbs.
ReplyDeleteArgh stupid commenting thing. I've already thought about this. I am willing to pay someone to mow. It's a big call in the face of frugality, but I hate mowing that much it's worth finding a kid to pay to do it.
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