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Mr. Cafe Suzanne, Baby Cafe Suzanne, and I went house hunting yesterday.
We've been looking for quite a while. Part of the problem is that we just can't decide where we want to live.
We lived in the city for years and there are so many things I love about it and so many reasons I think it's a great place to raise a child—diversity, culture, great schools, lots and lots of activities, you can walk everywhere, and live close to where you work. But it has its downsides too—small spaces, high costs, and no true backyard.
The country is great. We have deer in our yard, bunnies in our yard, a river view, hiking trails close by, and we could get a big house. But the town is really small, there's no diversity, we have to drive everywhere, and my husband's commute to work is really long, which means less time with the baby.
So we're torn. The suburbs isn't really an option for us. It's country or city. City or country.
Where do you live? What do you like about it? What don't you like about it?
Comments (4)
We definitely live in the country! My husband commutes 60 miles each way, 45 for me. We actually bought a new house in a new development in a small, older town. It really looks like it just dropped out of the sky, it's that out of place! We love the drive to get here, as we get to see lots of lakes and different wildlife: deer, all kinds of birds, horses, even buffalo (they're on a farm, but still!)! Our town has two gas stations, but if you need any kind of groceries you need to either go ten minutes away to the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Wisconsin, or twenty minutes the other way, where there's a Target and pretty much any grocery store or home improvement store you'd want. We try to limit all of our shopping to stopping on the way home from work or elsewhere, when we go past everything. I think that's saved us from some unnecessary purchases, as we can't just run and get every little thing.
I grew up in a house that had people coming over all the time, so it's nice to be up here on our own. We lose a lot of time to driving, and it stucks to not be able to just run out and go places or see people. I think this was the perfect way to start out, though. Hopefully by the time Bobby is in school, we'll be living more in the 'burbs, but for now, we're country bumpkins.
We live in the ghetto && all I really want in life && all I work for is my on having a backyard to play in one day.
My husband and I with our one daughter live in the Country! I would rather drive 20 minutes longer to get to a big department store than have my child grow up with no back yard to play in, No trees to build forts in and no pond to catch frogs in! There are many good aspects to growing up in the Country...wild life and coming up with things for your child to do in nature! Instead of riding your bike with lots of cars to worry about hitting your child,or the fear of your child being snatched up by someone if they are playing in your back yard in the city. My husband drives 45 minutes one way to work every day, But he said he would never change where we live unless it was further out in to the country. I am grateful I met a city boy that moved to the country because now he will never move back to the city!! There is not one thing I do not like about the country livin' !!!!!!!!