Everyone wants to live in the city, until they see those big city taxes hit their paychecks. Cost of living in the city is astronomical. I had a guy working for me that needed a "cost of living" raise because his rent was almost 3K a month. To live in the shitty part of STL. Which is mind boggling to me. If my mortgage was 3K a month, I'd be living in a fucking mega house.
I don't understand the "But look at that view!" mentality. I've been to cities. I've seen the views. I prefer my view from my backyard. Trees, river, wildlife, big open sky. Not a bunch of giant concrete and glass dicks we had to put up and charge millions to use.
I live in the suburbs already. One thing that annoys the shit out of me, especially since we're talking about having a house built soon, is that all new construction looks the exact fucking same. Pretty much everyone has the same shaped house if you buy from new construction. I like the house we're in now. It's the only ranch style house on the street. The neighborhood was built in the 50's and 60's and everything was built to look original and unique. Which I like. New construction templates make sense, but at the end of the day, I want to be back out of the way. I want to have a little distance between myself and my neighbors. Ya know? I love some of my neighbors now, but I also want that open space and privacy. Most new builds are right on top of each other. We saw one the other day that started at 300K, and the two were set back to back and the back doors basically were maybe 20' from each other. That's not OK to me. People need space.
Agreed. I've been fortunate enough with my jobs to have been in major cities in nice hotels for conferences where the big selling point is "Ahh, look at that view of insert city name here! Isn't it gorgeous?!" When all you see is office lights and buildings. People don't realize the view they're really wanting is the view BEYOND the city skyline. They want that big open sky they can see the stars and sunsets in.
If I ever need to go to downtown STL, I make sure I have mace and my pistol on me. More than once I've been down there and been approached by some homeless dude wielding a knife trying to get money. I hate the city. It's disgusting. Trash, dirt, grime, homeless people, and constant construction and road repair noise. I had an ex that lived off of one of the most pricey parts of the city. You couldn't park on the street and had to park at a paid lot 3 blocks away because they didn't want residential tenants taking up space for the retail folks. That was more than enough to discourage me from ever wanting to live in the city.
Everyone wants to live in the city, until they see those big city taxes hit their paychecks. Cost of living in the city is astronomical. I had a guy working for me that needed a "cost of living" raise because his rent was almost 3K a month. To live in the shitty part of STL. Which is mind boggling to me. If my mortgage was 3K a month, I'd be living in a fucking mega house.
high taxes, shitty schools, criminal government, crime through the roof, gestapo police- why would you not want to live in the city?
I don't understand the "But look at that view!" mentality. I've been to cities. I've seen the views. I prefer my view from my backyard. Trees, river, wildlife, big open sky. Not a bunch of giant concrete and glass dicks we had to put up and charge millions to use.
you could move to the suburbs and look at 350 houses that are just like yours
I live in the suburbs already. One thing that annoys the shit out of me, especially since we're talking about having a house built soon, is that all new construction looks the exact fucking same. Pretty much everyone has the same shaped house if you buy from new construction. I like the house we're in now. It's the only ranch style house on the street. The neighborhood was built in the 50's and 60's and everything was built to look original and unique. Which I like. New construction templates make sense, but at the end of the day, I want to be back out of the way. I want to have a little distance between myself and my neighbors. Ya know? I love some of my neighbors now, but I also want that open space and privacy. Most new builds are right on top of each other. We saw one the other day that started at 300K, and the two were set back to back and the back doors basically were maybe 20' from each other. That's not OK to me. People need space.
Most often said by assholes who think things man builds are more beautiful that what God created.
Agreed. I've been fortunate enough with my jobs to have been in major cities in nice hotels for conferences where the big selling point is "Ahh, look at that view of insert city name here! Isn't it gorgeous?!" When all you see is office lights and buildings. People don't realize the view they're really wanting is the view BEYOND the city skyline. They want that big open sky they can see the stars and sunsets in.
I live in dt phx and have $3k rent, but phx homes cost 800k now. And yea lol schools and dealing with constant homeless isn't worth it.
If I ever need to go to downtown STL, I make sure I have mace and my pistol on me. More than once I've been down there and been approached by some homeless dude wielding a knife trying to get money. I hate the city. It's disgusting. Trash, dirt, grime, homeless people, and constant construction and road repair noise. I had an ex that lived off of one of the most pricey parts of the city. You couldn't park on the street and had to park at a paid lot 3 blocks away because they didn't want residential tenants taking up space for the retail folks. That was more than enough to discourage me from ever wanting to live in the city.