Posted by alexandra_k on July 11, 2013, at 0:51:16
In reply to Re: I want to live somewhere else » baseball55, posted by Deneb on July 10, 2013, at 23:09:29
I'm fairly happy where I am now climate-wise. But then I liked Southern Australia, too. Fairly similar, I guess. Temperate and not too humid.
Some people miss the seasonality, but I've never had it so don't miss it.
On the one hand I really like native bush. Birds, in particular, wildlife noises. Bubbling water, even. It would be nice to have a place that had a lot of glass that looked out over that kind of scene. Preferably with no people. Just nature.
On the other hand, I don't drive so need to be (ideally) walking distance from where I want to go or (less ideally) close to (regular) public transport.
I like the idea of an inner city apartment in a large town / small city. Small enough for people to be reasonably relaxed and for there to be medium density old buildings where you can get a floor to yourself above a cafe or something like that.
There was a bit of that in the city... In Hamilton, Melbourne, Wellington, Auckland... Sure there was in Sydney...
Round some dingy corridor and up a narrow bunch of stairs and then you walk into something that can be quite amazing but you would never know it from the road.
I like the idea of something cozy and warm that is tucked away from the world. But right there in the midst of it. In front of everyone's noses so they wouldn't notice.
The garden thing could work... Indoors. Partly, anyway (I would never cage birds after seeing them in Australia. There might be a way of being creative with a roof... But then there would be traffic noises... Maybe I could get used to it if it was more relaxed than people swearing their road rage at each other...
There is a home renovation show, I forget what it is called. Some chick brought a property fairly central in London. She dug into the earth to add a level to it. Needed to do creative stuff so it seemed light and clean and comfortable but it did indeed and art instead of windows. I really liked what she did with it... And quiet. Down there under the earth. Brilliant.
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I had a couple friends who were from fairly rural places in the US but they ended up really liking Melbourne (city). They said to start with they felt chlaustrophobic... Small apartment instead of a big house with spare wings for people to stay... Or at least several big spaces for lots of guests. They said it was like the city becomes part of your extended house, though. You don't need a lounge in your apartment because your lounge is the cafe across the road or the bar around the corner. You don't need a kitchen because... And you can join a gym with wonderful bathroom facilities... And what do you need a home for, anyway? If you have a nice private office at work...
Another way of life, I guess.
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I think I'm in mourning...
But really it is just that I'm in finishing up my thesis mode. But I don't have a job or anything to go to once I'm done.
Why is it that I don't know that I want a job as a philosophy academic? I don't know... Self stabotage? Probably. But anyway... Competition is fierce... And... I slink away instead of standing up proudly and fighting for it so... There it is.
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