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

[vass]

In the case of Story Street, you'd be near Royal Park. My parents live in Parkville, and they walk in Royal Park with the dogs every day.

I'd like to live in an apartment, not a house. A house is too much work. The body corporate would be OK with pets. I'm a little torn over whether it'd be ground floor or first floor. I really love being level with the treetops, but I'd like it to be disability-accessible too. Maybe first floor but with a lift. Near a river. Nice neighbours who keep to themselves. Enough soundproofing that I can sing. I would own it, not rent.

Western or northern suburbs. Footscray would be best - I like to live where it's diverse. Maribyrnong or Essendon or Yarraville would also be OK.

Three bedrooms. A balcony for plants. Since I'm dreaming, how about a gym in the block of flats? And the block of flats would be brick, and old enough that the architecture isn't all modern and 'interesting'. And I'd be able to afford to have someone come and clean for me. And a piano. Maybe a cello too - it'd be nice to pick it up again (I learned in high school.) Home LAN with a computer in every room. A comfy couch. A cat and a dog. Not too far from public transport. Near friends.

That's the realistic dream (well, realistic except for the money involved.) The unrealistic one is that I do what lilacsigil did and move way out in the country with a partner and be the only geeks in town, and do all my socialising and shopping over the internet. And have lovely sea air. But I know I couldn't cope with living that far from the city.