Struggling with buying a house

[shootingstar]

I'm sure it's a temporary thing 6 month, a year? Things do change especially with construction traffic and logging traffic. Once they finish the "clear cutting" up the canyon, they will move on.

But looks like the touristy traffic..which is ...3-4 months annually? And in 1 day, is the traffic just continuous for 8 hrs. or is it just 3-4 peak hrs. per day?

I'm fascinated by different perceptions of country living vs. city living vs. surburban living.

Maybe it's better to think of country living best for different stage in life..when one has time, energy to deal with maintenance, travel time (to get to services), etc. when having more acreage.

Appreciate Wahine's strong sense in the area where they are looking, the housing prices and mortgage rates may be more ideal this year compared to 3-5 yrs. later. (Who knows.) This is what happened to me: I only looked at 4 places before I bought. I live in an expanding city where housing prices are going up moderately.

I do wonder if I did the right thing but on the other hand, nearly once a month, I'm exclaiming happily to dearie while we're cycling homeward on home's peaceful street downtown: I'm so glad we live close to many things and services.

Every time I tell people I live downtown, people think of traffic, crowds, etc. No, my street dead-ends into a cul-de-sac and half a block away is a park greenbelt that is the spine of a major 80 km. bike-ped. path (that interconnects to 300 km. more of bike-ped paths and interconnected parks.)

I like my hobbies (cycling as one of them, even though it's just transportation to me 60% of the time) but I have to do other stuff ...shopping, banking, work, etc. efficiently by getting there.

So location, location, location is important. But in your gut, it must feel right now ..and for next 10-20 yrs. for you?

[GLC1968]

So location, location, location is important. But in your gut, it must feel right now ..and for next 10-20 yrs. for you?

So, so, so true!

And personally, I am *really* struggling with the concept of buying a house that we will stay in for 10+ years. I can't even fathom that...

[Wahine]

But looks like the touristy traffic..which is ...3-4 months annually? And in 1 day, is the traffic just continuous for 8 hrs. or is it just 3-4 peak hrs. per day?

I'm fascinated by different perceptions of country living vs. city living vs. surburban living.

This is an interesting question. Where I currently live is considered rural residential and it's outside of town limits. I've been sitting here at my computer at 2:30 in the afternoon and the vehicles are coming by about 1 every 10 to 40 seconds. That's pretty typical for mid day and evening. In the peak hours in the morning and late afternoon that will increase to 1 vehicle every 5 seconds, often with clusters of vehicles. Between 9 pm and 5 am the traffic is light. The bugger at 5 AM is that is when the logging trucks start. The speed limit is 45 mph (75 ish kph) but most drivers are going much faster than that.

As for the increase in tourist traffic, that's mostly between June and September. The general mid day and evening traffic is less outside of those months.