Buying a house is tough. Not only is it an exorbitant amount of money but it is such a big decision. It almost feels like choosing your future and who you want to be. Do we want to be suburbanites with the cookie cutter house and the pristine yard? Do we want to continue to wait for a tiny house closer to downtown where there is more culture and action?

The thought of suburbia always made me cringe. It still does, but now that I'm seeing first hand what we can get in our neck of the woods with the amount of money that we have I'm realizing why people move to the suburbs. A single family home in the location we want is SMALLER than the 2 bedroom condo that we have now. Location is important, but so is comfort and happiness. However, the suburbs require you to drive EVERYWHERE. Even the schools are too far to walk to.

Part of me is bummed we placed an offer on such a cookie cutter home. I always imagined I would live in one of those cute old homes on a street named after a tree or a president or something and placing this offer is giving up on that dream. It's giving up on that idea of my future. It makes me feel like I have to give up my hippie ideals, but who says you can't be a hippie in the suburbs? Hell, I'll finally have a yard so I can grow my own food and maybe raise a few ducks for eggs. I'll have the space to make my own home goods and I might actually feel like part of a community.

I guess we'll see.