Hi Everyone,
No entirely grow related, but I have BIG decision to make, and am hoping that some people on here will be able to give me feedback.
My father ecently passed away, my mother is still alive, but in poor health. They have modest ranch house on 3.5 acres in a very rural and secluded area of an eastern seaboard state about an hour north of a major city. I have the chance to buy by paying off the reverse mortgage ($150,00). The value of the land and house is probably over $300,00. MY mother also wishes to remain in that home until she dies.
My current house is a townhouse 30 min north of major city on the east coast that backs up to a busy highway (on nice weekends all I hear all day long are cars, motorcycles, and trucks, and in the early morning hours on weekdays I can feel the vibration of the truck jake brakes in my bed, its that close) . The positive side of my current locationis that it is close to work, major highways, rail trasnport to major east coast cities, and stores. The negative is that it has alot of traffic noise, and is a townhouse.
The positive side of my paretns rancher is that it is very quiet, on a significacnt amount of land so Id have privacy, and is a single family home. The negative is that it is almost an hour to work, 20-30 minutes to a supermarket, and far from major highways (i.e. I-95). All of this will have a huge impact on my social life (which isnt all that to begin with). I would also probably end up living with my mom there also.
Also, I do have a nice harvest I am able to pull out of my townhouse closet every couple of months, this will have to stop for a undetermined period of time needless to say, especially if I will be living with my mother. This is actually the part that is the hardest, lol...
Any suggestions/feedback, or input?
No entirely grow related, but I have BIG decision to make, and am hoping that some people on here will be able to give me feedback.
My father ecently passed away, my mother is still alive, but in poor health. They have modest ranch house on 3.5 acres in a very rural and secluded area of an eastern seaboard state about an hour north of a major city. I have the chance to buy by paying off the reverse mortgage ($150,00). The value of the land and house is probably over $300,00. MY mother also wishes to remain in that home until she dies.
My current house is a townhouse 30 min north of major city on the east coast that backs up to a busy highway (on nice weekends all I hear all day long are cars, motorcycles, and trucks, and in the early morning hours on weekdays I can feel the vibration of the truck jake brakes in my bed, its that close) . The positive side of my current locationis that it is close to work, major highways, rail trasnport to major east coast cities, and stores. The negative is that it has alot of traffic noise, and is a townhouse.
The positive side of my paretns rancher is that it is very quiet, on a significacnt amount of land so Id have privacy, and is a single family home. The negative is that it is almost an hour to work, 20-30 minutes to a supermarket, and far from major highways (i.e. I-95). All of this will have a huge impact on my social life (which isnt all that to begin with). I would also probably end up living with my mom there also.
Also, I do have a nice harvest I am able to pull out of my townhouse closet every couple of months, this will have to stop for a undetermined period of time needless to say, especially if I will be living with my mother. This is actually the part that is the hardest, lol...
Any suggestions/feedback, or input?