Question

[mstakenidentity]

Where do people want to live?

I've been thinking about where I'd like to live, work, raise a family etc. I've come to the conclusion that though my dream would be a double terrace in Story st Parkville it ain't gonna happen. I've come to another conclusion: I don't actually really mind where I live as long as I'm not too far from friends. The reason I like where I am now is that I am in the middle of Kate and Michael and Eva and Shayne and Sarah and Daniel and Helen and Lisa. I'm actually pretty sure they're all in a 2k radius of our place, or not much more at any rate.

So I'm interested, where do people want to live? Inner city? Out bush? East? Weat? North? Bayside? And what is your dream home like? I'll start:

My dream home is probably single story and detached, with a very small garden but a large park nearby. It has a reliable tram/bus. It is 3 bedrooms plus study or has room for a study nook, with 2 bathrooms or at least a separate bathroom and toilet. It is energy efficient. It gets a lot of natural light. The walls are thick so sound doesn't bleed from room to room. It has mainly wooden floors. It is close to something soothing like a river, beach or mountain (in the case of the Story St terrace the soothing thing would be PA's or the Corkman I guess). It is somewhere I could live for the rest of my life- I am so sick of moving house. I guess if I were given the choice it would be in: Parkville (hah!) carlton (hah!) East Brunswick, Brunswick, Seddon, Spotswood, Footscray, Marybinong, Yarraville, Kensington, Ascot Vale or Essendon.

What about you?

Comments

[cows-might-fly.livejournal.com]

My dream home is very similar to yours, funnily enough, particularly in choice of location and proximity to friends. However, I would include North Melbourne in the list of suburbs and probably in my top three; I love the diversity of its population, its sense of community/communities, its wide streets and plentiful parks, interesting shops and cafe all within walking distance of the city (and the Queen Vic Market). Okay, sounding waaaay to much like a real estate agent,apologies to all and sundry. Point is I'm quite happy in my current suburb and certainly don't want to live too far out.

As far as the actual house goes, I can't see my self living in anything very modern and am probably doomed, like my mother to be renovating/maintaining an old house/houses all my live. I guess two-three bedroom, plus study/library. Open plan kitchen/dining/lounge. I've never lived in a two-story house, so I imagine it as one floor. It would have enough indoor and outdoor space for at least one dog and possibly (one day) kids. Also plenty of space for my kind of garden: a bit rambling with vegies, herbs as well as flowers and trees (including a lemon and possibly an orange/mandarin) and full of my own sculptures and mosaics. Oh and while we're dreaming, a studio for me to create messy, long-term projects in and another sound-proof one for Shayne and band members to practice in.

You know, with the exception of the sound-proof studio, I've pretty much described my mum's place. Mmmmmm.

Sorry to go on so.

[mstakenidentity.livejournal.com]

You could probably turn the little room out the back into a band room, and the yard is big enoough for a small studio... Now we just have to kill your mother!

[cows-might-fly.livejournal.com]

The little room out the back was going to be my studio, but I'll take a bigger one.

Any ideas of ways to put Mum out of the picture? Quick, painless ways, of course, after all she's treated me well over the years!