I would love to, and when I buy a house sometime in the future that is a major consideration for me. Unfortunately, right now I have to live where I can afford to. I have had to move almost every year since graduating college and have never been able to take that into consideration due to finances. Even now, hubby and I will likely be given his parents’ current house that is much further away from our friends, and we are taking the opportunity because we can’t afford not to.
The dream would be to get the closest group together to buy land (or take them with to the family home if there’s space), to build a community together.
Do these dreams require remote work? When we bought a house, proximity to public transportation and centers of employment were large considerations. How can that be resolved if some people working in “the big city” while others work remotely and others work in an exurban location?
Thats a big “depends”.
A lot of us are in tech, so remote is a possibility. Alternatively nearby the big city we live in currently would be ideal. However in my heart of hearts I’d hope that we could arrange in a way where only those that want to work do work. The rest take care of the house, the garden…
ideally you would be able to do urban communes. if you can build your dwelling you can have a green roof
I don’t think many people have a choice. You know at one point parents went way out of their way to encourage kids to live close by but that seemed to change to when your 18 your out of the house. In college I thought about how it would be so awesome to live in something like a dorm in a city where everyone in the dorm were people you gelled with.
Yes, but not to Texas.
We moved for climate change, if I moved to be near friends it would be hot shit holes, heavily reliving on AC and car centeism with poor weather outcomes.
So…no :).
That aside, you know if you move you can make new friends yeah ?
