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Mark & I are renting a house in Ashland, OR for several months. We've been coming up to Ashland for years, originally to see plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, but as the years go by, more & more to see our friends Bob, Ellen, Jeff, and Nick. We've toyed with the idea of moving from the Bay Area for years, and Ashland is one of the places we've considered, so when the opportunity came up to rent a house up here, we decided it was a good thing to try.
It's been great being within walking distance of lots of restaurants, coffee shops (for Mark), and "culture". [People who live in SF or NY can certainly understand the benefits of that.] We're also within easy walking distance of some nice nature trails for Loupi, and there is reasonable bicycling routes around. [Not so common in SF - oh, and there's plenty of street parking where we are!]
We certainly haven't decided to move here, but I've been looking at the housing options to get a feel for the area in case we did decide to move here. Looking at some of the available options really points out how choosing anything can show a lot about one's priorities.
( Musings on housing options )
As I think more about this stuff, it just amazes me how many different things one must prioritize and decide on for this kind of a decision -- and I'm not even talking (yet) about the decision on whether we would move from the Bay Area, and where we would move if we did! [It isn't a foregone conclusion that Ashland would be our destination.]
It all reminds me of something a friend from grad school said: you can tell a lot about a person by what car they drive -- as long as you can figure out why they chose that car (and not what you think about that car and the people who drive it). Same with houses, although people don't generally buy very many of them so it's harder to see any patterns in their choices.
It's been great being within walking distance of lots of restaurants, coffee shops (for Mark), and "culture". [People who live in SF or NY can certainly understand the benefits of that.] We're also within easy walking distance of some nice nature trails for Loupi, and there is reasonable bicycling routes around. [Not so common in SF - oh, and there's plenty of street parking where we are!]
We certainly haven't decided to move here, but I've been looking at the housing options to get a feel for the area in case we did decide to move here. Looking at some of the available options really points out how choosing anything can show a lot about one's priorities.
( Musings on housing options )
As I think more about this stuff, it just amazes me how many different things one must prioritize and decide on for this kind of a decision -- and I'm not even talking (yet) about the decision on whether we would move from the Bay Area, and where we would move if we did! [It isn't a foregone conclusion that Ashland would be our destination.]
It all reminds me of something a friend from grad school said: you can tell a lot about a person by what car they drive -- as long as you can figure out why they chose that car (and not what you think about that car and the people who drive it). Same with houses, although people don't generally buy very many of them so it's harder to see any patterns in their choices.