Why people choose to live in Oslo or Stockholm I'll never understand. Sure, when you're a teen or a bachelor going on 25 or so, I get it. At that age before having a family everything but the Big City (relatively speaking...) is ganze Toten Hosen, if I remember what little german I learned from berliner BZ way back when.
But after thirty or so, with kids and still young enough to switch career/employer? I choose to think it is economy more than choice what keeps people in the Stalag-like canyons of concrete, steel and glass.
Going to pass on a wisdom my dad tol me when we finally managed to get out of the concrete jungle: "Remember, that now that you own your house and land, everything you buy or build is yours". To me, who's lived far too long in rentals or in collectives, that's a really big change regarding mindset.
Good luck with your extremely smart move. Lot of work ahead for you, but I am sure will be appreciated later.
Hi BigT, thanks a lot for your kind words.
I actually appreciate the work--it's what I do!
Why people choose to live in Oslo or Stockholm I'll never understand. Sure, when you're a teen or a bachelor going on 25 or so, I get it. At that age before having a family everything but the Big City (relatively speaking...) is ganze Toten Hosen, if I remember what little german I learned from berliner BZ way back when.
But after thirty or so, with kids and still young enough to switch career/employer? I choose to think it is economy more than choice what keeps people in the Stalag-like canyons of concrete, steel and glass.
Going to pass on a wisdom my dad tol me when we finally managed to get out of the concrete jungle: "Remember, that now that you own your house and land, everything you buy or build is yours". To me, who's lived far too long in rentals or in collectives, that's a really big change regarding mindset.
Enjoy the working vacation called moving house!
Life without a purpose isn't worth living, if you'd ask me.
Being a property-owner is quite something, for it is exactly as your father told you: it's for a purpose!