Also I think moving to a “low cost of living” place just because “wow! I can get a huge house for the price of a tiny condo here” - anyone I know who has done this, though they would never admit it, seem like they were happier before.
I think if you move for other reasons like closer to family, or a particular lifestyle Etc it’s probably great to enjoy that low cost of living. But many people seem to do it just for the giant house and then they are just in the middle of nowhere, in a giant house.
You don't have to be in the middle of nowhere for low COL
Don’t say this, we are driving to Maine for a week as we speak! 🤣
Lol! I’m sure you’ll have a great time. Your kid is at a good age for it. Very toteable.
I just always build these trips up in my mind and they never end up being as relaxing as I want them to be. The kids whine. They get bored. But we brought electronics for them so we can sit on the condo patio and drink and there will be lots of water and parks and stuff like that, so hopefully we’ll all get to have a good time. 😊
Definitely toteable. Did not really think through the crawling baby in a not babyproofed rental condo. Reeeeally didn’t anticipate rain all week. But I’m sure we will have fun because he’s inherently fun and not that much work. Plus he doesn’t talk yet. 😉
Post by bluestreet on Jul 17, 2021 13:28:36 GMT -5
Living off the grid.
An old friend did the diet version, moved out of Santa Fe into a yurt in the countryside. After five years she admitted it sucked and she was lonely. Went back to town.
An old friend did the diet version, moved out of Santa Fe into a yurt in the countryside. After five years she admitted it sucked and she was lonely. Went back to town.
Yes! Similar to this: tiny houses. I watch these programs where people are building a tiny house to live in with their 3 children, and at the end when it's finished they're all "this has been amazing and life-changing! We love it!" But they have a crazed look in their eyes and you know that a year on they are going to hate it.
Also I think moving to a “low cost of living” place just because “wow! I can get a huge house for the price of a tiny condo here” - anyone I know who has done this, though they would never admit it, seem like they were happier before.
I think if you move for other reasons like closer to family, or a particular lifestyle Etc it’s probably great to enjoy that low cost of living. But many people seem to do it just for the giant house and then they are just in the middle of nowhere, in a giant house.
You don't have to be in the middle of nowhere for low COL
Day drinking. Especially outside in the summer you just end up dehydrated and extra hot and fall asleep at 4pm to be up all night. Or maybe that's just me? Lol.
Shower sex.
Group activities/trips. Too many opinions and simultaneously indecision.
An old friend did the diet version, moved out of Santa Fe into a yurt in the countryside. After five years she admitted it sucked and she was lonely. Went back to town.
Yes! Similar to this: tiny houses. I watch these programs where people are building a tiny house to live in with their 3 children, and at the end when it's finished they're all "this has been amazing and life-changing! We love it!" But they have a crazed look in their eyes and you know that a year on they are going to hate it.
I have a mom acquaintance who pulled her three kids from school and is traveling the country in a big RV. On the one hand, that sounds amazing and I'm sure it will be "life changing." On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I, personally, would want to shoot myself after about two weeks.
Amusement parks Picnics Group vacations Disney World Early flights (to get there early and “enjoy the first day”) Chocolate fountains Dinner in the city Daytime baseball games Pick your own fruit Carpools
Also I think moving to a “low cost of living” place just because “wow! I can get a huge house for the price of a tiny condo here” - anyone I know who has done this, though they would never admit it, seem like they were happier before.
I think if you move for other reasons like closer to family, or a particular lifestyle Etc it’s probably great to enjoy that low cost of living. But many people seem to do it just for the giant house and then they are just in the middle of nowhere, in a giant house.
Yes! We went from VHCOL to MCOL (for a job opportunity not just COL) and then back to VHCOL because we were happier in a place where it feels like things are happening. Turns out we actually LIKE all the reasons why expensive places are expensive.
Also, during most of the pandemic, I fantasized about moving somewhere in the woods where I wouldn’t have to be on top of our neighbors (and all their noise) 24/7. I finally got H to agree to look at houses in this one particular town that I love. But now that things are reopening, I’m getting cold feet because I actually don’t think I want to be an hour-plus from the city; I like being able to get downtown in 25 minutes.
I looove fires, but they’re so much work and I always end up smelling like an ashtray.
A friend of mine has a fire pit but it's not pit shaped in her backyard. Her grandparents owned the house at one point but I don't know if they built it and it's been there as long as she can remember. This magical creation funnels the smoke up and away so you get the fire but not smelling like smoke. It's amazing. I'm now ruined. I don't want to sit by any other fire pit now.
An old friend did the diet version, moved out of Santa Fe into a yurt in the countryside. After five years she admitted it sucked and she was lonely. Went back to town.
Yes! Similar to this: tiny houses. I watch these programs where people are building a tiny house to live in with their 3 children, and at the end when it's finished they're all "this has been amazing and life-changing! We love it!" But they have a crazed look in their eyes and you know that a year on they are going to hate it.