davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2025

[davidd]

This year, I listened in but I am so discouraged with my search for a home. . . .

When I typed "I want to move but I don't know where" in to an Internet search a TON of responses popped up. Apparently a lot of people want a change but they aren't sure what they want.

I found this interesting exercise on a Quora discussion:

Take a coin and prepare to flip it. Say to yourself, "if it's heads, I move, if it's tails, I stay." Then flip it.
Now, here's the critical part. When you examine the coin to see whether heads or tails was flipped, take note of your initial gut reaction when you see the coin. Your instant gut reaction will either be a little jolt of happy relief, or it will be a little jolt of disappointment.
That initial, instinctive reaction will give you a hint what it is you really want.

I don't know what to suggest. If I had endless money, or even "a mere" three to five mil, I know where I'd go in half-a-heartbeat: Crozier Loop in Waialua on the North Shore of Oahu. But with anything less than three to five mil (purchase price plus a "nest egg" to cover property taxes) I can't even get anywhere near where I used to live.

When I'm visiting the relatives in Las Vegas, they've asked, "have you considered moving to Vegas?" While the houses in their neighborhood are pleasant enough inside, the neighborhoods are bland and brown and everything looks the same. I mean, everything looks the same. I'm seeing that everywhere. Housing developments, condos, multi-plexes, single-family homes squeezed in as tight as they will fit, and they are all the same design and painted the same color. That seems to be what people want: everything the same. Don't stand out. Fit in. Be close to Costco. It makes my head hurt while my soul shrivels up inside. As miserable as my quasi-tent that passes for a house can be, at least it's different.

While those houses on Tiki Island in Texas are close together, at least they were all painted different, bright, cheerful colors. That's what I liked about it -- quirky and colorful.

I was going to be "funny" and ask if you've looked at Vulcan in Ontario -- just because of the name. I drove through there once and stopped at the pretty lame "Star Trek" exhibit. I figured a remote place like Vulcan would be affordable -- but noooo! I mean, what the hell:

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/27936...nue-vulcan

A quarter of a million for a "tear down?" That's crazy! Or it seems crazy to me. And that's not with any acreage, just a city lot. To get something decent in Vulcan you're looking at $600-thou, and again, that's on a city lot!

Looking at this, I think maybe I'm beginning to get a glimpse in to your despair. 

This one, on the island, looks cute. Only a half-acre lot, though, with a road on one side.

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/27798...rand-manan

Or how about this one? The power lines kind of spoil the aesthetics, but the neighbors will be pretty quiet:

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/27505...rand-manan

(Check out the last pic, the overhead "drone view," to see the neighbors.)

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