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My neighbor's house is no more than 10' from mine, and I love living here. Love all my neighbors so near by too. As for the Spire, you have to remember that the WTC wasn't chosen as a target simply because the buildings were tall, it was a statement to bring down those particular buildings. There are many "supertall" skyscrapers going up around the world, and they aren't all going to be struck by terrorists in planes. The Spire, being residential, would be an unlikely target. Personally I've always wanted to live in a highrise with views, but it seems like at the top of the Spire, your only view might be sky/clouds.
First off, I am not paranoid, but rather a prudent planner. Basically, you can think of me as the guy shaking his head at all the stupid people that took risks when a disaster hit or some other type of tragedy.
It has nothing to do with "terrorist" attacks and everything to do with understanding human nature. People are stupid and there is no getting around it. I would rather plan mine and my families safety around things I have a much greater control over. I don't rely on other people for things I can do myself. I don't measure what I can do myself by how "inconvenient" it may be. For those that do, thats fine and when disaster hits and they are crying about the injustice of a property owner or the fact that another tenant didn't have the proper insurance, I will be sitting at my own home which is fully controlled by my own decisions shaking my head at how naive they were.
So, if people choose to put their "faith" in man to "do them right", then by all means, thats their decision. I will not do the same and my hat goes off to the risk they choose, but at the end of the day the amount of risks due to other people is much larger than that of the home owing I describe. To each their own, that is all we can say.
On the flip-side you won't have cafe's, museums, parks, great restaurants and jobs all within walking distance of your suburban home.
It is all about personal decision.
Thats all nice, but I can turn that off anytime I like while the person who chooses to live in such a situation does not have the choice. When I want to see the city and all its splendor, I drive about 30 mins and then I am there. When I lay my head down at night, I do not hear the roar of the city, the drunks walking through the halls at night, and the rush of the city streets. I hear a nice quiet chirping of the open fields.
I agree it is all a personal decision, but then to be fair I am not griping about people living out of town in their McMansions and driving their McBurbans. I am not saying you are claiming that, but this is a issue for some and their demands.
Personally, I hope the crusade to encourage people to live in the inner cities is successful as it will only drive down the prices of all the land I will buy and keep people out of the areas I choose to live. So there is an upside to everything. That is.... if they don't try to force people and at that point, the upside is that many of us won't have to worry about political games as it will have come down to bloodshed at that time. So, there is an upside to everything. *chuckle*
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I like people so I like to be where people are. I lived in a country home for seven months and thought I would go mad listening to crickets and cows. I lived in a cramped, one bedroom apt on a main street and was in heaven. I am a cement lover. My husband loves the garden and lakes. So we compromised, we live in a townhouse on a lake but we got an end lot so he can have a garden and I can walk to the corner store.
I personally think it is a lovely building, and if I didn't enjoy gardening my tiny front garden so much, I'd move in in a second (assuming of course I could afford it). That being said, while I very much prefer urban living to any other sort of living (and I've lived in apartments for more years than I have not), I'm more of a two/three flat sort of gal than a high rise sort of gal.
Sorry....if I"m 2000' off the ground then I want wings attached.
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