Homebuying Questions

[Sheilbh]

[Caliga]

[merithyn]

What?

[The Brain]

What?

He grew up in a castle.

[Barrister]

Pretty sure Sheilbh is shocked at how much house and land you get for so little money.

Gorgeous house Meri - but for a 90 year old home get a very thorough home inspection.

[Valmy]

That property is so pretty

[Valmy]

Pretty sure Sheilbh is shocked at how much house and land you get for so little money.

Gorgeous house Meri - but for a 90 year old home get a very thorough home inspection.

That house where I love would easily be twice that. Go to live the rust belt.

[Syt]

For that price I can at best get a 50-60 square meter apartment in Vienna (540 - 650 square feet).

I couldn't find any houses for that price, at least no completed ones that included the lot (you can own a house, but the land might be leased).

[merithyn]

Pretty sure Sheilbh is shocked at how much house and land you get for so little money.

Gorgeous house Meri - but for a 90 year old home get a very thorough home inspection.

Of course.

I grew up in a house on the prairies that is now 170 years old. I'm well-aware of what can and does happen with older houses.

[Valmy]

For that price I can at best get a 50-60 square meter apartment in Vienna (540 - 650 square feet).

I couldn't find any houses for that price, at least no completed ones that included the lot (you can own a house, but the land might be leased).

Peoria is not exactly the Vienna of North America though.

[merithyn]

Pretty sure Sheilbh is shocked at how much house and land you get for so little money.

Gorgeous house Meri - but for a 90 year old home get a very thorough home inspection.

That house where I love would easily be twice that. Go to live the rust belt.

This is two hours from Chicago. It's not the rust belt; it's farm country.

[Sheilbh]

Pretty sure Sheilbh is shocked at how much house and land you get for so little money.

Yeah. I was kind of aware at the back of my head - but yes. Wow

[DGuller]

If I were to buy a one bedroom condo, the bedroom itself would cost more than that house. 

[merithyn]

For that price I can at best get a 50-60 square meter apartment in Vienna (540 - 650 square feet).

I couldn't find any houses for that price, at least no completed ones that included the lot (you can own a house, but the land might be leased).

Peoria is not exactly the Vienna of North America though.

No, no it definitely is not.

But it's in close proximity to my brother, my two sisters, my daughter, and Chicago. (Close by Midwestern standards = less than a 5-hour drive)

And my best friends live less than a 15-minute drive away.

[Josquius]

It always helps to be in one's twenties 

I think you're both right and there's maybe a balance. Like you don't want to be totally non-decaying (Singapore/Dubai), but you also don't want to be an utter sinkhole of a city (Wells ). You need enough decay that things can happen - artists/club promoters/new chefs etc can find a venue - but not too much. The cooler bits have been moving out of the central London into the the sort of outer-centre/inner suburbs. Those bits may now get filled with the young well-paid urbanites currently in the centre who suddenly want a bit more outdoor space, or easy way of getting out of town etc and the cool bits may come back into the centre?

London is done.
Even Berlin's time is passing.
Warsaw. That's where the cool kids are heading.



But seriously where is the cool part of London now?
I still remember back when it was Camden. I know Brixton has been and gone. Peckham?