-- stash as much money as I can, and hope to retire by seventy... (It was sixty, but the crash of the dot.coms, 9/11 and Lyme messed with the schedule!)
My plan is to bug outta here as soon as I can figure out how to live on 2/3 salary, which is what my pension comes to.;-) That will be no sooner than 7 years from now. ;-) At this point, if I can manage to achieve debtlessness by that time, I'll be delighted. ;-) "Homeless" still, but delighted. ;-)
At this point, if I can manage to achieve debtlessness by that time, I'll be delighted. ;-) "Homeless" still, but delighted. ;-)
Debtless is a biggie -- first, in my opinion.
You've got at least seven years to check out small communities outside Houston, see if there's one with cheaper housing you'd like to live in! A house will come. The real estate market is correcting some places, and due for collection in others. It's coming.
Houses can be over-rated, because like teenagers, they're always asking for something new and snazzy...
I detest renting, though. I'm sick of living at someone else's mercy. As for living around here, if I can't live *IN* the city, I'd rather move elsewhere. I detest suburbia and to get out of Houston itself, I'd have to go so far out, it's not worth the effort. I don't know. I'll have to see. Mostly, it seems that most of my friends live closer to the Austin area than around here. ;-)
Hey, who knows, a best seller or six would make all the difference in the world. ;-)
Hey, who knows, a best seller or six would make all the difference in the world. ;-)
No, no, we're talking about plans. "Pipedreams are under the bed."
Yeah, I relate on renting. There are places to be had in South Austin for $140,000 -- the ones less are either small, or in neighborhoods hurting the value of the local houses. But I need several sales a year for that dream. Or a lotto. A few nice townhouses around....
Now, a townhouse I could go for. To be honest, as much as I'd like a yard for the space, I really hate yard work. So it would be an additional expense cuz I'd *have* to hire a yard man.
I'll have to see. When the time draws nearer, I may find the idea of a small town less objectionable. I can't really get around the whole 'good schools, access to job' thing at the moment.
Confederate Jasmine is lovely, but the Asian Star Jasmine is a terrifically hardy and tough ground cover. Beautiful, too, though it doesn't bloom that you'd notice. It grows thick, even and I've seen it as much as six to eight inches deep. It requires almost *zero* care.
Sigh. There are real times that I LOATHE change. This is one of them. When I moved here twenty-one years ago, Austin and its environs were SO green. It was like living in a park throughout most of the city. There were no stop lights on 360, and Cedar Park was a bump in the road. Now it's been paved and developed until it's starting to look like Dallas up here. Grumble.
Yes -- we still have more green than a lot of places, but we're too attractive to newcomers. Perhaps, like Oregon, we need road signs that say: "Welcome to Austin. Pick up after yourself, and brush out your tracks when you leave! Thanks -- the natives"
The Domain is what puzzles me -- the walkways are not shaded, it's outside entry to the stores, and parking is not convenient. It may be a ghost town in mid-summer.
The stuff around The Salt Lick may be attractive, but I think people are forgetting one tiny little thing -- you go and eat there, your clothing smells like smoke. So, several times a week, not a problem. But that close to a 24/7 smoker? Your clothing (and hair) could ALWAYS smell of smoke.
Plus, odds are packaged liquor will be approved -- and my friends in Itasca voted against packaged liquor when it came up because in the neighboring town turning-into-suburb, they voted in packaged liquor and had to pay for another police officer, car, benefits, etc. when alcohol fights in public started happening. My friends were firm believers in buy it in Ft. Worth, bring it home, stay home...
I hope they have some serious flood controls in place before they start building. It was only a couple of years ago that there was 3 feet of water on the property...
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(W would gain 20 pounds eating there 4 days a week...)
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*sigh* Guess I'll have to go back to my 'east of 35' plan.
Like I have a plan. ;-)
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Debtless is a biggie -- first, in my opinion.
You've got at least seven years to check out small communities outside Houston, see if there's one with cheaper housing you'd like to live in! A house will come. The real estate market is correcting some places, and due for collection in others. It's coming.
Houses can be over-rated, because like teenagers, they're always asking for something new and snazzy...
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Hey, who knows, a best seller or six would make all the difference in the world. ;-)
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No, no, we're talking about plans. "Pipedreams are under the bed."
Yeah, I relate on renting. There are places to be had in South Austin for $140,000 -- the ones less are either small, or in neighborhoods hurting the value of the local houses. But I need several sales a year for that dream. Or a lotto. A few nice townhouses around....
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I'll have to see. When the time draws nearer, I may find the idea of a small town less objectionable. I can't really get around the whole 'good schools, access to job' thing at the moment.
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We could plant old roses for you...less work!
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This one is a climber called Red Cascade -- I lust after one...
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The Domain is what puzzles me -- the walkways are not shaded, it's outside entry to the stores, and parking is not convenient. It may be a ghost town in mid-summer.
The stuff around The Salt Lick may be attractive, but I think people are forgetting one tiny little thing -- you go and eat there, your clothing smells like smoke. So, several times a week, not a problem. But that close to a 24/7 smoker? Your clothing (and hair) could ALWAYS smell of smoke.
Plus, odds are packaged liquor will be approved -- and my friends in Itasca voted against packaged liquor when it came up because in the neighboring town turning-into-suburb, they voted in packaged liquor and had to pay for another police officer, car, benefits, etc. when alcohol fights in public started happening. My friends were firm believers in buy it in Ft. Worth, bring it home, stay home...
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