| There is no vantage point like the
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| | where they can feel that these things
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| apartment next door for keeping track of
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| | belong to them. A public park helps, but
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| the neighbors.
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| | it is not nearly as good as a place of
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| When they come and go; who comes and goes
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| | their own.
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| with them, and at what awful hours, and
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| | If you think an apartment is not the best
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| what disgraceful things they do.
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| | place for you to live, perhaps you can
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| Of course, it is well to remember that
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| | find a house to rent. This also has its
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| when you look in a goldfish bowl, the
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| | advantages and disadvantages. You are not
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| fish also look at you.
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| | tied quite so securely to one place.
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| All kidding aside, for families where
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| | If you are not too sure how long you will
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| both the husband and wife have steady,
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| | be in a place, or are subject to sudden
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| full-time jobs in business or industry,
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| | transfers by the policy or caprice of
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| where they both work so hard that they
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| | your company, or if you are the type that
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| don't have time or energy enough left to
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| | takes sudden notions to quit and try your
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| keep up a house, they are surely better
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| | luck somewhere else, then you should
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| off in an apartment, as it does save work
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| | rent, and not try to buy or build a
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| and responsibility.
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| | house.
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| If a house is just a place to sleep, a
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| | Renting also has the advantage of
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| place in which to eat a hurried
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| | relieving you of some of the
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| breakfast, and a starting point from
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| | responsibilities that go with owning a
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| which to rush off to work, a place to
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| | home. When the roof leaks, just call up
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| return to after a late show, to tumble
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| | the landlord and ask him to take care of
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| into bed, and to get a little sleep
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| | it. If you need paint or repairs, let him
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| before another hurried breakfast, then
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| | look after it, and pay the bill.
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| off to the rat race again for another
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| | When the tax collector comes around, it
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| day, and a repetition of the same
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| | is not your problem. You do not need to
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| routine, then do not buy or build a
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| | worry about depreciation. If your family
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| house.
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| | outgrows a house, you can move into a
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| By all means rent an apartment; it will
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| | larger one without too much trouble and
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| save you work and worry and will fit your
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| | expense.
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| needs much better.
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| | It is well to remember that money paid
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| One way to get luxury living without
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| | out in rent is gone completely. If you
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| having to own and service all the
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| | had bought the house ten years ago, and
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| features yourself is to buy an apartment
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| | had made rent-like payments for ten
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| in a group where the apartments are
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| | years, you would have accumulated a
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| individually owned, but the swimming
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| | considerable equity in the house, and you
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| pool, tenni3 courts, barbecue, and other
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| | would also have benefited from the large
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| recreational facilities are owned
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| | increase in property values during that
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| cooperatively by the group of people
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| | same period. Buying a house gives you
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| living in the apartments.
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| | something to sell when the time comes to
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| An individual family might find it too
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| | move.
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| expensive to maintain a swimming pool,
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| | There is not much point in having a house
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| for one or two uses a week, but it
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| | and land, if you do not find pleasure and
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| wouldn't cost too much, in either money
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| | enjoyment in taking care of it.
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| or effort for a group of fifty people to
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| | If the yard is so large as to be a burden
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| keep up a pool.
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| | to either the husband or the wife, then
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| Renting a House
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| | they would be better off without quite so
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| But an apartment house is obviously not
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| | much. As long as maintaining a house and
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| the place for a family with children. It
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| | garden can be fun, all is well, but what
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| is a poor emotional climate for them,
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| | future is there in having to work
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| when they must always be quiet so as not
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| | yourself to death in order to live in
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| to disturb the neighbors, and when they
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| | fine surroundings which you do not have
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| have little opportunity to get outdoors
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| | time to appreciate?
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| and run and exercise, and shout as they
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| | Enough is enough. There are two extremes
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| ought to be able to do.
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| | to avoid a spacious house and
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| If they must always be afraid of getting
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| | wide-spreading lawns, or a tiny house and
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| in someone's hair, how can they grow up
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| | no lawn or garden. Let's not overdo it
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| normally and naturally? Life can be so
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| | either way.
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| much more interesting for them if they
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| | If you would rather buy than rent make
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| can be in a place where there are trees
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| | sure you use a mortgage calculator to get
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| to climb, pets to love and care for, and
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| | the best mortgage available.
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