Choice of Residence

[plumtreeblossom]

[Poll #690264]

I realized that almost everyone considers both factors to some degree. But I'm interested in seeing to which side more people lean, which is why I didn't put a "Both Equal" option. Choose whichever is of more importance to you, and feel free to discuss.

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my thinking on that question was centered more regionally, as opposed to globally. So no worries about dream houses in Siberia! But what if it were in, say, rural central Maine?

[wellstar.livejournal.com]

Same thing, I think. I wouldn't be looking at houses in rural central Maine unless I had a good reason to be there in the first place. (Job, family, significant other with a stronger need to be there than I had need to NOT be there.)

But if you're asking would I move there just for a piece of property? No way. (Okay, maybe as a summer home... ;) she says, laughing at her bank account.) Same with any undesireable location [ultra-conservative small town, neighborhood where I didn't feel safe, etc.]. I agree with istemi about the false dichotomy, and also with your comparison between home-buying and dating above. I was going to say in my first comment that making any large investment (financial, emotional, physical, temporal, whatever) has got to be a good balance between getting more out of it than you put in, and actually caring about/enjoying what you're doing/where you are. This applies to dating, jobs, family, living situations, post-secondary school, and so much more.