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Tell us why you stayed or moved... or continue to move.
I bought the house with the intention of staying put. I had moved around a LOT up until I bought this house and I was tired of it. I never want to move again. DONE.
It will be 16 years this November. I'm in a subdivision in an outlying part of a sprawling metro area.
When I came home to work my last apartment started closing in on me a bit, so I knew it was time to move to a larger rental or buy a small place. I decided to buy. This is my first house.
I loved the rural feeling "out here" on the edge of a sprawling metro area. Sadly much of that has vanished, but not all. The remote job vanished too, but I still really like my home so I stay put.
Starter home on a small lot, built in 1900, for seven years, on a river in an outer neighborhood that had seen better days in a small city in the Midwest. We shared a drive and garage that straddled the property line with the house next door. We had a canoe and used it on the river.
Second home for 30 years, built in 1875, in a small village 50 miles north of NYC on the Hudson River, where we raised our son and had careers. < 1/4 acre with houses close to each other. We kept a sail boat in a nearby working boat club and sailed on the Hudson.
Current home for 8 years now, built in 2000, in a FL suburb 1.5 miles from the Gulf, on 1/2 acre where we are retired, enjoying our pool, the beach and nearby grandkids. We have a sailing kayak we use on the intercoastal waterway and the Gulf.
Living near water is the common thread of our homes.
Tell us why you stayed or moved... or continue to move.
Four years in the current house. It’s a pretty house and land, but the area has lots of reasons to leave. No ethnic restaurants or diversity, lack of good shopping and increasing homelessness in Olympia, neighbors punk grandkids, too many guns on holidays, I believe that alcohol and firearms don’t mix well, trouble finding goods and services, spouse has to drive all the way to Tacoma to get the car serviced, it’s the closest place. There is a lot to be said for convenience and it’s something you miss when it’s not there. It’s funny, a couple years ago, I would have put front yard trash dumpers first, now it’s the other things that matter more.
Looking for one of those ‘country living, close to the city’ type places next. This should check most of the boxes.
4 years in current house, in an urban suburb, easy access to the city, has public transit.
13 years in previous house. It was in another metro area, in an exurb, where access to the city was a huge PITA. Very little public transit. Nothing was walkable so you had to drive everywhere -- it was actually dangerous to walk because most places had no sidewalks, even on roads where cars often went about 60 MPH. Really didn't like it there, but the idea of moving was almost sickening, so we were just living with it. We moved for career reasons, and are so much happier with the location that we are in now.
Stayed in my first home about 5 years, just moved into new home in May.
First place was a great starter home. It was 1050sqft 3/2 ranch with small yard. It worked out perfectly as a bachelor, but once I got married it was difficult to host family get togethers, holidays, etc. The kitchen fit a 2 chair high top for eating (could squeeze in a 3rd chair if needed). No dining room or area for bigger table (unless you wanted to take out a wall and lose a bedroom). The living room seated 4 maybe 5 comfortably. We usually had at least 6 for family stuff (me/wife, MIL/FIL, BIL/SIL) sometimes a few more. So we only really had everyone over in the summer when we could hang out on the deck. But then if it's blazing hot or raining that's no fun either.
New place is a 1350sqft 4/2 ranch with small yard. It doesn't seem like much but that extra 300sqft and improved layout makes a huge difference. Now we can easily have 6-8 people over without feeling crowded. It was very important to us to get that, but stay in a price range we could easily afford. Very happy with the new place.
I've been in my Alexandria, VA rental since August 2019. I'll be moving this August as I wasn't going to pay the 10% monthly increase in the proposed new lease.
I have lived here for 6 yrs . we just needed a home and now in 5 yrs we will retire and put this place on the market and go look for a retirement home .
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