Comments on: If You Rented, You’d Be Home by Now http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/21/if-you-rented-youd-be-home-by-now/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:30:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Joel http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/21/if-you-rented-youd-be-home-by-now/#comment-6665 Joel Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:51:16 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=742#comment-6665 And I bet the data would be even more skewed toward renters if you looked at duration of commute instead of distance of commute. Lots of renters in urban/inner-suburban neighborhoods that enjoy the flexibility of being able to get "reverse-commute" (is that the word?) to jobs in the inner suburbs very easily. And I bet the data would be even more skewed toward renters if you looked at duration of commute instead of distance of commute. Lots of renters in urban/inner-suburban neighborhoods that enjoy the flexibility of being able to get “reverse-commute” (is that the word?) to jobs in the inner suburbs very easily.

]]> By: Clarence Eckerson http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/21/if-you-rented-youd-be-home-by-now/#comment-6663 Clarence Eckerson Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:30:12 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=742#comment-6663 This is so true. And hopefully people are finally getting that you need to either A) rent close to your job or B) don't buy a house in the burbs far away from everything or C) own a home with a reasonable distance to your job and if you decide to change positions make sure that you heavily weigh the distance from home into your decision making. I for one demand that my job fits my lifestyle. In the past I have turned down good offers because they required too much personal sacrifice from the things I enjoy. This is so true. And hopefully people are finally getting that you need to either A) rent close to your job or B) don’t buy a house in the burbs far away from everything or C) own a home with a reasonable distance to your job and if you decide to change positions make sure that you heavily weigh the distance from home into your decision making.

I for one demand that my job fits my lifestyle. In the past I have turned down good offers because they required too much personal sacrifice from the things I enjoy.

]]> By: Carfree Chicago http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/21/if-you-rented-youd-be-home-by-now/#comment-6644 Carfree Chicago Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:37:05 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=742#comment-6644 2fs, I'm not sure that flexibility in moving explains that large of a gap. Does this data suggest that most people place a higher priority on home ownership over location when it comes to real estate? People would rather own a home in their second-tier neighborhood than rent a home in their first-choice neighborhood? 2fs, I’m not sure that flexibility in moving explains that large of a gap. Does this data suggest that most people place a higher priority on home ownership over location when it comes to real estate? People would rather own a home in their second-tier neighborhood than rent a home in their first-choice neighborhood?

]]> By: 2fs http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/21/if-you-rented-youd-be-home-by-now/#comment-6641 2fs Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:58:50 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=742#comment-6641 This seems intuitively correct - in that if you're renting and find a job distant from your apartment, it's usually no big deal to find an apartment nearer the job. But it's more of a big deal, more of a break with something you've invested in (both financially and, often, emotionally) to buy a new house closer to where you work...and you may not be able to afford it anyway. This seems intuitively correct - in that if you’re renting and find a job distant from your apartment, it’s usually no big deal to find an apartment nearer the job. But it’s more of a big deal, more of a break with something you’ve invested in (both financially and, often, emotionally) to buy a new house closer to where you work…and you may not be able to afford it anyway.

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