DH and I just put in the purchase agreement on our first house last night. One of the most exciting things is we can ride out of the neighborhood and onto some of the best riding in our area! The local cycling club has one ride out there nearly every weekend. Hills and quiet county roads await us after we close on November 7. We narrowed down our choice to two areas and one reason we decided to go with this one because the other would require us to drive to find safe riding. Oh yeah, the bikes will have their own room until we have kids.
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09-26-2006, 10:24 PM #1
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The "dark side" influenced our house buying
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09-26-2006, 10:32 PM #2
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Congratulations! Owning a home is something wonderful and scary all bundled into one. I like your priorities! We previously lived where biking was easy to ride to in any direction. Here is different, but we'll find our way through it over time....at least we only gas up the car once a month, since we walk to work and school every day. Yes, that and a fenced yard on a quiet street for our furbabies, were the priorities for us.
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09-27-2006, 06:47 AM #3
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Congratulations! You know what they say: "Location, location, location."
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09-27-2006, 06:56 AM #4
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Congratulations on your first house!!
Had I been a cyclist when we moved, I probably would be living in a more bike friendly area.
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09-27-2006, 07:07 AM #5
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Congratulations! Sounds like you have very good priorities!
(my bikes want their own room, but think they might get lonely. They are now in the livingroom of my apt where they can be part of the action at all times. And where they can hold my laundry as it dries.)"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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09-27-2006, 02:35 PM #6
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very cool! congrats on your new home... I got SO lucky... was not a cyclist when I bought my house... but can ride from it in just about every direction... all rides from my place include a decent amount of climbing except 1 route I know of that's flat... sure is nice to leave the garage and just be able to ride!
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