Long Term Somerville?
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Just curious as to how many of our community members here consider themselves residents of Somerville long term, or temporarily as in "when I have kids i'll move to the burbs" mentality.
Do you see yourself here as a long term, or potentially permanent resident?
Do you have kids here already? Are they in the Somerville Schools? If no kids would you raise kids here?
Do you own property or are you renting? If renting would you like to buy?
Do you see yourself here as a long term, or potentially permanent resident?
Do you have kids here already? Are they in the Somerville Schools? If no kids would you raise kids here?
Do you own property or are you renting? If renting would you like to buy?
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Date: 2011-01-08 12:44 am (UTC)I wouldn't have a problem with raising kids here if I could afford a big place though. I work at the Healey school and they have some incredible teachers, and I've heard similarly wonderful things about the other schools. They're clearly in the process of making huge improvements, and I am very happy with them overall.
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Date: 2011-01-08 01:03 am (UTC)However, I have no idea whether we'll be able to afford to. As it is, we can barely even afford our current 1-bed rental.
I am feeling really antsy to get into something bigger, where we can have a dog (which probably means buying) and have someplace to put a baby should one appear in our lives ;)
Which makes me feel really conflicted about all this because I want to stay in Somerville, but we really need a bigger place and those two things, along with our current financial situation, are, um, not compatible.
Basically, the money is the only obstacle. If we had the money, I'd buy a house or condo here in a heartbeat.
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Date: 2011-01-08 01:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-08 03:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-09 02:31 am (UTC)staying
Date: 2011-01-09 03:51 pm (UTC)Met my spouse, who coincidentally lived here too, in the late '90s and bought a house in the Spring Hill area in 2003 after living in Teele Square and Union Square. Current plan is to stay here until we retire (another 20ish years).
No kids, but we'd at least try sending them to public schools here if we did.
I love the walkability and diversity (on cultural and other levels) of Somerville, and strongly prefer an urban environment to a suburban one. We would move to a more urban environment before moving to a more suburban one, but Somerville feels like the right mix of both: I can have a garden and walk to public transportation, we can live with one car and park in a driveway, there are parks and people to play with, businesses and more all within an easy walk.
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Date: 2011-01-10 02:04 am (UTC)I do not have children, and am not at a point I have thought about such.
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Date: 2011-01-10 04:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-19 01:09 am (UTC)I doubt I can afford to. Certainly I don't project being able to buy here, but who knows. Currently I rent, no kids. I'd happily put them in our schools - as many of my friends have done - if I were faced with that.
Also, while I might leave Somerville for someplace more affordable, it would never be "the burbs." Not unless say Medford counts.