Comments on: Fulfilling the American Dream: On Buying versus Renting http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/ Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tiea http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Tiea Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:06:05 +0000 http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/#comment-72 Love it!!! I feel I know you better and I've only met you once in the bank! I look forward to getting to know you better! Joy, T Love it!!! I feel I know you better and I’ve only met you once in the bank! I look forward to getting to know you better! Joy, T

]]> By: CC http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/comment-page-1/#comment-57 CC Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:37:58 +0000 http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/#comment-57 What a perfect description of your Main Street apartment! I felt the same way while living there and think it was one of the best places we've ever lived. I also feel similarly about renting instead of owning... I want to surf, volunteer at my daughter's school, take trips, and work as little as possible. A mortgage--especially a San Francisco mortgage-- would keep me in an office all day and probably up a lot at night. As far as weekends... well, forget surfing or any quality time with Ava. Great blog post Suzanne! What a perfect description of your Main Street apartment! I felt the same way while living there and think it was one of the best places we’ve ever lived. I also feel similarly about renting instead of owning… I want to surf, volunteer at my daughter’s school, take trips, and work as little as possible. A mortgage–especially a San Francisco mortgage– would keep me in an office all day and probably up a lot at night. As far as weekends… well, forget surfing or any quality time with Ava. Great blog post Suzanne!

]]> By: Lynne F-S http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Lynne F-S Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:44:43 +0000 http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/#comment-55 I think you're on to something, especially as I sit here living in a non-owned home while my house in Jacksonville stands empty. Although, for me, there is something about owning a piece of land (not necessarily a house) that is reassuring somehow. Like you'll always have a place to be. I think you’re on to something, especially as I sit here living in a non-owned home while my house in Jacksonville stands empty. Although, for me, there is something about owning a piece of land (not necessarily a house) that is reassuring somehow. Like you’ll always have a place to be.

]]> By: LANE http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/comment-page-1/#comment-54 LANE Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:29:49 +0000 http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/#comment-54 Great post, Suzanne! Yep, ownership does have its downside(s)--unless one could be wealthy enough to hire ALL the maintenance and cleaning to be done by others (=help others, help the economy, help the self). Some cooking would be nice, too, I do reckon. This is my first owned-home (paid for, thanks be to the gods). In it for thirteen years now; but a house is like a purse: the bigger it is, the more it holds, and the more it holds the more there is to take care of. Mine has finally taught me--and it's taken me nigh on to 67 years to learn this about myself (let alone ADMIT it!) --that I just flat-out DON'T do 'grown-up'.... In the end, in what matters--the joy of life--I guess you and your sister aren't very opposite after all. Wave on your way down to Baja, shug. Great post, Suzanne! Yep, ownership does have its downside(s)–unless one could be wealthy enough to hire ALL the maintenance and cleaning to be done by others (=help others, help the economy, help the self). Some cooking would be nice, too, I do reckon. This is my first owned-home (paid for, thanks be to the gods). In it for thirteen years now; but a house is like a purse: the bigger it is, the more it holds, and the more it holds the more there is to take care of. Mine has finally taught me–and it’s taken me nigh on to 67 years to learn this about myself (let alone ADMIT it!) –that I just flat-out DON’T do ‘grown-up’….

In the end, in what matters–the joy of life–I guess you and your sister aren’t very opposite after all.

Wave on your way down to Baja, shug.

]]> By: oona adams http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/comment-page-1/#comment-53 oona adams Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:47:26 +0000 http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/#comment-53 We're in a similar position in Brooklyn. Except our neighbors are our best friends, when I hear them it makes me smile. Every night they come down for tea. We could but a comparable apt for say 550,000 and Matt could go back to work putting Sadie in daycare etc. Or we could stay in our ugly wood paneled place 1 block from Prospect Park where I can enjoy the illusion of being to up and decide to join the circus any day. We’re in a similar position in Brooklyn. Except our neighbors are our best friends, when I hear them it makes me smile. Every night they come down for tea. We could but a comparable apt for say 550,000 and Matt could go back to work putting Sadie in daycare etc. Or we could stay in our ugly wood paneled place 1 block from Prospect Park where I can enjoy the illusion of being to up and decide to join the circus any day.

]]> By: Sandy Rouse http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Sandy Rouse Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:23:02 +0000 http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/#comment-51 If it weren't for the neighbor factor, I would defintely rent. Having a house is the equivelant of two children-they always need something. And the bigger the house-the more time they need. Our house is on the smallish side but when you ignore it for a month, it looks like the Biltmore of cleaning and maintainance. But the neighbors are another story... When I was married to my ex-husband we lived in a beautiful duplex-an old two story house with hardwood floors-two blocks from the university. It was beautful right up until the day that the two dance students moved in upstairs-those hardwood floors were wonderful for dance! And when Larry was living part-time in Burlington, he had a loft in an old mill that he loved-until school started and he discoved the captain of the soccer team living next door. You guessed it-big rooms and long halls-the soccer ball had no boudaries. And half of the team was there most evenings. But I am a noisemaker too. My favorite neighbor was in Dallas-when I moved back from Colorado, we got to the apartment we had rented around 10:00 pm. It was February and cold, even in Dallas. We decided just to unload a few basics and leave the rest until morning. I had on boots and my first trip up the stairs I was met by my neighbor who asked me if I could put on different shoes-I would wake the baby. I told her that my shoes were all packed up, we were just unloading a few basics (including my sleeping 3 year old) and that we would be done shortly. On my next trip up, I discovered that she had deposited a pair of white Keds two sizes too large that she clearly intended for me to change into to complete my car unloading. Maybe I will go back to renting-I live the freedom of it, especially after 30 years of home ownership. Perhaps I will rent a house (or a cabin!) If it weren’t for the neighbor factor, I would defintely rent. Having a house is the equivelant of two children-they always need something. And the bigger the house-the more time they need. Our house is on the smallish side but when you ignore it for a month, it looks like the Biltmore of cleaning and maintainance. But the neighbors are another story…

When I was married to my ex-husband we lived in a beautiful duplex-an old two story house with hardwood floors-two blocks from the university. It was beautful right up until the day that the two dance students moved in upstairs-those hardwood floors were wonderful for dance! And when Larry was living part-time in Burlington, he had a loft in an old mill that he loved-until school started and he discoved the captain of the soccer team living next door. You guessed it-big rooms and long halls-the soccer ball had no boudaries. And half of the team was there most evenings.

But I am a noisemaker too. My favorite neighbor was in Dallas-when I moved back from Colorado, we got to the apartment we had rented around 10:00 pm. It was February and cold, even in Dallas. We decided just to unload a few basics and leave the rest until morning. I had on boots and my first trip up the stairs I was met by my neighbor who asked me if I could put on different shoes-I would wake the baby. I told her that my shoes were all packed up, we were just unloading a few basics (including my sleeping 3 year old) and that we would be done shortly. On my next trip up, I discovered that she had deposited a pair of white Keds two sizes too large that she clearly intended for me to change into to complete my car unloading.

Maybe I will go back to renting-I live the freedom of it, especially after 30 years of home ownership. Perhaps I will rent a house (or a cabin!)

]]> By: Janna Cordeiro http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Janna Cordeiro Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:18:30 +0000 http://suzannekingsbury.net/2009/09/fulfilling-the-american-dream-on-buying-versus-renting/#comment-50 What a perfect description of your Main Street apartment! I felt the same way while living there and think it was one of the best places we've ever lived. I also feel similarly about renting instead of owning... I want to surf, volunteer at my daughter's school, take trips, and work as little as possible. A mortgage--especially a San Francisco mortgage-- would keep me in an office all day and probably up a lot at night. As far as weekends... well, forget surfing or any quality time with Ava. Great blog post Suzanne! What a perfect description of your Main Street apartment! I felt the same way while living there and think it was one of the best places we’ve ever lived. I also feel similarly about renting instead of owning… I want to surf, volunteer at my daughter’s school, take trips, and work as little as possible. A mortgage–especially a San Francisco mortgage– would keep me in an office all day and probably up a lot at night. As far as weekends… well, forget surfing or any quality time with Ava. Great blog post Suzanne!

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