Community related things that help me feel at home: -Ability to bike around town. (This means the community is not too sprawling AND that proper attention has been paid to bike lanes, speed limits, road widths, etc) -A pre-dominantly socially liberal community (or at least access to sub-groups of the community fitting that bill) -Not too large a city. (I tend to like my cities 150,000 people or less. Currently, I'm in a roughly 20,000 people city with about an additional 30,000 in nearby lakes/rural areas and about 10,000 tourists on any given weekend and it's fine. My last city was about 100,000 plus another 150,000 college students and was also fine.) -Good parks and lots of green space -Sensible parking solutions and laws. (I'm currently very annoyed that my neighborhood allows no on-street overnight parking when the houses are such an age that there are no driveways and the MOST alley parking anyone has is two cars. This makes having family come stay interesting.)
Geography things that make me feel at home: -Access to water (oceans, big lakes preferred, but rivers and small lakes will work in a pinch) -Four distinct seasons, bonus points to long falls and springs -Rolling hills -Quick access to farmland (bonus points for orchards and vineyards)
House type things that make me happy: -Pale walls (blues, yellows, greens, grays) with a minimum of beige -Hard wood, tile or laminate floors (no wall-to-wall) -A gas stove -On-site laundry -Room for some flowers/veggies/herbs (if only in pots), but not too huge a yard for upkeep -Decent windows (that open and shut and are not too drafty) -Either air conditioning OR decent air flow for fans -A minimum of a bath and half. (I'm married. Two toilets really helps, especially the few times we've both been ill.) -Decent storage (Bonus points for big closets and a pantry) -Trees in the yard/neighborhood, but also some sunny spots (for growing things) -Enough wall space for bookshelves (bonus points for built-ins) -At least one guest bedroom (bonus points for two, one of which is big enough to double as space for a desk and/or sewing machine)
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Quality of Life
Date: 2013-07-24 04:36 pm (UTC)-Ability to bike around town. (This means the community is not too sprawling AND that proper attention has been paid to bike lanes, speed limits, road widths, etc)
-A pre-dominantly socially liberal community (or at least access to sub-groups of the community fitting that bill)
-Not too large a city. (I tend to like my cities 150,000 people or less. Currently, I'm in a roughly 20,000 people city with about an additional 30,000 in nearby lakes/rural areas and about 10,000 tourists on any given weekend and it's fine. My last city was about 100,000 plus another 150,000 college students and was also fine.)
-Good parks and lots of green space
-Sensible parking solutions and laws. (I'm currently very annoyed that my neighborhood allows no on-street overnight parking when the houses are such an age that there are no driveways and the MOST alley parking anyone has is two cars. This makes having family come stay interesting.)
Geography things that make me feel at home:
-Access to water (oceans, big lakes preferred, but rivers and small lakes will work in a pinch)
-Four distinct seasons, bonus points to long falls and springs
-Rolling hills
-Quick access to farmland (bonus points for orchards and vineyards)
House type things that make me happy:
-Pale walls (blues, yellows, greens, grays) with a minimum of beige
-Hard wood, tile or laminate floors (no wall-to-wall)
-A gas stove
-On-site laundry
-Room for some flowers/veggies/herbs (if only in pots), but not too huge a yard for upkeep
-Decent windows (that open and shut and are not too drafty)
-Either air conditioning OR decent air flow for fans
-A minimum of a bath and half. (I'm married. Two toilets really helps, especially the few times we've both been ill.)
-Decent storage (Bonus points for big closets and a pantry)
-Trees in the yard/neighborhood, but also some sunny spots (for growing things)
-Enough wall space for bookshelves (bonus points for built-ins)
-At least one guest bedroom (bonus points for two, one of which is big enough to double as space for a desk and/or sewing machine)