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Do you like where you live?

#41
Bongolation said:
I hate my house and I hate the city in which I live.

I inherited the house I grew up in, jammed with all my late parents' accumulated crap, in a city I couldn't wait to leave growing up which is filled with people too banal and pig-stupid to live.

I'm not physically able to get this place in shape to sell and spend much of my time in repairing it.

Where I live is a source of ongoing, chronic depression.

Hate it, hate it, hate it.
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This is troubling and unhealthy. Can you not divest yourself of some unwanted items via a sale or some donations to charity in order to free up more 'me' space in the house?

Are there no birds-of-a-feather type social clubs in your area where you could meet folks who share some of your outlook on things?

Perhaps volunteering for a cause which you believe is a worthy investment of your time?

If you're in a rut then get out and push where people can see you trying to improve things. Someone may be inspired to help.
 
#43
I don't love my house. I married a woman who had bought a house with her first husband. When he turned into a nutbar he recommended to her to quit making the payments on the place since she couldn't afford it by herself. He said she should save what she'd pay in house payments to use getting into an apartment when she got evicted for non-payment.

She said "Thank you for sharing." and went and put roommate wanted ads inthe local college papers. When we met she'd been living there nearly ten years and she was pretty emotionally invested in the place.

We married and I moved in with her. That's about eighteen years ago. I still don't love the house. But she does. And I love her. So I put up with it.
 
#44
My girlfriend and I bought a three story arts and crafts style four square home in a suburb of pittsburgh this past May. It was built in 1910, but has many mechanical up grades. (New roof, windows, two zone central air, new boiler, 200 amp electrical service ans a new 22' x 22' block detached garage.)

The kitchen was last remodeled in the mid sixties and needed a serious update. This is how it turned out so far.


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Now we are redoing the master bath. It's been a construction zone since we moved in, but we hope to have it done by late spring or early summer.
 
#46
Sort of - my wife and I are renting the 2nd & 3rd floors of a house right now. The town it is in is fairly affluent, but borders on some towns that are not the best. The people next door are animals (pit bull chained outside that barks, several inoperable cars in the yard, and revving engines frequently). There are also some questionable people who like to loiter outside some low-income apartments a few blocks from our place. If I could go back in time, I would not select this apartment.

That said, we just put a bid on a house yesterday, and are waiting to hear back. The town the new house is in is quite awesome. A bit expensive, but quiet and nice. My mother lives in that town now. I can't wait to have my own space, where I can install a power rack in the garage, not have to shovel anyone else out when it snows, have a room to play music in, etc. etc.

Chebass88
 
#48
drummer5359 said:
My girlfriend and I bought a three story arts and crafts style four square home in a suburb of pittsburgh this past May. It was built in 1910, but has many mechanical up grades. (New roof, windows, two zone central air, new boiler, 200 amp electrical service ans a new 22' x 22' block detached garage.)

The kitchen was last remodeled in the mid sixties and needed a serious update. This is how it turned out so far.


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Now we are redoing the master bath. It's been a construction zone since we moved in, but we hope to have it done by late spring or early summer.
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I'm digging those oak cabinets, very classy, and great job with all the can lights, I've seen way to many cave-like kitchens:)
 
#50
Don't really like my house too much, I ended up with it after my dad never paid me for some large debts (and kinda trashed the place) .... but that's another story.

It was a disaster when we moved in 8 years ago, and we've done as much work as we can to it, so I would rate it "acceptable" now. Unfortunately, I'm a poor musician with two kids so I can't afford to do everything I'd like to it, and there's no way I could afford anything even as good as it in today's market - housing prices have gone up about 300% in our city since this house was bought 13 years ago.

Bottom line - it's not terrible, it's not in the worst part of the city, and it's just big enough for our family of four. It's also very convenient for me (most gigs in the city are about 10-15 minute drive from home), so at least there's that. I'll probably be here for the foreseeable future, so I might as well make the best of it!
 

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