You Can't Go Home Again, Or Can You?

The reason for the luggage picture has something to do with the places I lived growing up:

Born - Augusta, Georgia
Virgina Beach, Virgina
San Diego, California
Charleston, South Carolina
Panama City, Florida
Honolulu, Hawaii
San Pedro, California
Back to Hawaii

Then I escaped to the Military to start it all over again for next 20+ years!

(American Tourister was our choice)

 

I apologize if I offended you, but here in the U.S., we have homes in the poorest of areas that do not yet have indoor plumbing or electricity. While we were on maneuvers in the mountains of certain states that I will not name for fear of offending others here on the forum, I did see some homes without modern facilities.

Is your gas natural or bottled propane? Wells and septic tank systems are still being used in outreach areas or what most people call out in the country. Some are using bottled gas , but more probably use natural gas.

I imagine that land is very valuable in Scotland and that is the reason developers use as much of the land as they can to only build houses. Many of our developments have covenants that require homes be built on 'X' amount of land. Like my home up north, our development stipulates that we must have half acre lots. I wrote up north because I am in Florida right now, but live full time in Virginia, which is north of Florida.

How many square feet is the average new home and do you know the average price?

Good talking with you.
 
UK city living and country living : left first homes in '57 went back in 2000 to have a nostalgic lookie see - they had hardly changed at all - fresh lick of paint and antennas stuck on the outside wall. looked again in 2020 with google earth - now they've changed!!
 
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Lee said:
Been on vacation, rented a cottage with a friend in my old stomping grounds up north just to see if I wanted to return permanently. Things change, people change, and some things stayed the same. A trip down memory lane where memories are good. A time for soul searching.

Came back home yesterday to a cat who just yawned as if to say "oh, guess you're back" and promptly went over to his babysitter for pats and reassurance. A garden that needed weeding badly and quick glances through the forum to see what I missed, I did try to read daily but posting on a phone is not my thing.

Who else has tripped down Memory Lane and did you find what you were missing?
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I find it is usually just sentimentality, best leave the past where it belongs.
 
Been There said:
I apologize if I offended you, but here in the U.S., we have homes in the poorest of areas that do not yet have indoor plumbing or electricity. While we were on maneuvers in the mountains of certain states that I will not name for fear of offending others here on the forum, I did see some homes without modern facilities.

Is your gas natural or bottled propane? Wells and septic tank systems are still being used in outreach areas or what most people call out in the country. Some are using bottled gas , but more probably use natural gas.

I imagine that land is very valuable in Scotland and that is the reason developers use as much of the land as they can to only build houses. Many of our developments have covenants that require homes be built on 'X' amount of land. Like my home up north, our development stipulates that we must have half acre lots. I wrote up north because I am in Florida right now, but live full time in Virginia, which is north of Florida.

How many square feet is the average new home and do you know the average price?

Good talking with you.
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Not in the least offended - just a bit surprised.

Scotland has a relatively small population - about 5 million, most of whom live in cities and towns. What tends to happen is that towns which have 'core' facilities tend to attract investment and therefore the need for housing. Builders are IMO largely in it for profit and will squeeze as much as they can from a designated plot. Rural communities are relatively unaffected by building, but rely on transport to travel to the nearest towns for shopping, doctor, hairdresser etc..

Many small villages such as the one I live in, were developed in the 18th century to support local trades. The houses were generally built on 1/5 acre plots, which in UK terms is big. Houses range in size from about 800 sq ft to 2400 sq ft, but the most common is probably around 1200 sq ft. Most of the UK has mains gas, but again rural dwellings sometimes rely on LPG (propane) or oil (Kerosene).

Cost - well, how long is a piece of string. In a village you can maybe buy a traditional cottage with a big garden for £150k ($180k), while in a town with good transport links, you might pay £500k ($625k) for a modern town house with virtually no ground. Of course if you want to live in a big house in a fashionable are of Aberdeen, you'r looking at over a £ million.
 
On the left is the little village that adjoined the main logging camp where I grew up. In the early 1960's Tacoma City Light thought it would be a great idea to build a dam on a nearby river. Initially Tacoma's dam wasn't going to take the camp and villiage, but plan revisions meant that the lake that formed covered the village site for 50 years or so. A few years ago Tacoma realized they really didn't need as much water in reserve so they lowered the lake. This is what the site looks like now. I, at least, can't go home.


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