Poll of the Day > WWYD? You can live in any House/Condo/etc for Free BUT...

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with online shopping it would be alot easier

but then i couldn't go camping and a lot of other outdoor things i enjoy

so probably no

Probably not

I probably won't. How about work and resources? We only get to stay there for free, but we will still need money to buy food, clothes, and other necessities. If our workplace is more than 5 miles away, then we will not be able to get money unless we can luckily find a decent-paying online job.

Are there markets, restaurants, and other stores for necessities withing the 5-mile radius? How about healthcare places? It there aren't any of these around, then we can't live. Not everything can be bought or accomplished online.

Furthermore, does it mean only the house or condo is free? How about utilities and other services? Are they also for free?

If I'm guaranteed WFH and a safe neighborhood, yes.

I don't travel often, but being locked in would be annoying... Even though I don't go out every year I'd like the option to

Other than that, sure; everything I need is within 5 miles.

I'd have to pick the place pretty carefully to make sure I could access everything I need within that radius, but that's pretty doable in any competently-planned city. Even just where I live now (for considerably more than $0), the only place I go on a remotely regular basis that's more than 5 miles away is my mother's place, and that's only 6 miles as the crow flies. It's suck to lose the ability to travel further away (most interesting parks and trails are further out), but I'd definitely consider it, especially if I could cancel the arrangement at any time and go back to paying for housing.

fishy071 posted...

I probably won't. How about work and resources? We only get to stay there for free, but we will still need money to buy food, clothes, and other necessities. If our workplace is more than 5 miles away, then we will not be able to get money unless we can luckily find a decent-paying online job.

Yea, you either live in a place that's close by your Job or have an online/remote Job...

Are there markets, restaurants, and other stores for necessities withing the 5-mile radius? How about healthcare places? It there aren't any of these around, then we can't live. Not everything can be bought or accomplished online.

Again, live near a place with said Restaurants, Shopping Centers, etc or just order from an online Deliv service (instacart, etc)

Furthermore, does it mean only the house or condo is free? How about utilities and other services? Are they also for free?

Yea free utilities, cable, internet, HOA fees, Insurance, No Property Taxes, etc. But you can't take out any Mortgages or Home Loans.

but I'd definitely consider it, especially if I could cancel the arrangement at any time and go back to paying for housing.

No you're locked in Forever...

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pionear posted...

No you're locked in Forever...

Can I move to a different free home with the same rules? Maybe move within a 5-mile radius each time so I never actually leave the defined radius of wherever "home" is?

Unless you work online, this is effectively not possible given that 5 miles isn't enough distance to keep a job.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Unless you work online, this is effectively not possible given that 5 miles isn't enough distance to keep a job.

On the rare occasion that I go into the office, my commute is currently 4 km (2.5 miles). If you take out the question of whether or not you can afford a home in a given location, living within 5 miles of work is only going to be a problem if your work requires you to go to multiple locations that are too far apart to fit them all within that radius.

adjl posted...

On the rare occasion that I go into the office, my commute is currently 4 km (2.5 miles). If you take out the question of whether or not you can afford a home in a given location, living within 5 miles of work is only going to be a problem if your work requires you to go to multiple locations that are too far apart to fit them all within that radius.

Well I'm more taking it from the consideration that you can't count on one job for your entire life (usually). Yea it would be great if you found a place you loved, lived right beside it and they never went out of business of downsized you and you could work there until you retire... but I don't know how realistic that is for the majority of people given that statistics list most people only work the same job for roughly 4 years. This restriction will be prohibitive unless you can a) work online or b) rent out parts of the house.

What's the nicest part of new york? I'll take a penthouse suite, rent out one of the bedrooms and not have to worry about money because I'm sure I could rent that room out for more than my living expenses.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Well I'm more taking it from the consideration that you can't count on one job for your entire life (usually). Yea it would be great if you found a place you loved, lived right beside it and they never went out of business of downsized you and you could work there until you retire... but I don't know how realistic that is for the majority of people given that statistics list most people only work the same job for roughly 4 years. This restriction will be prohibitive unless you can a) work online or b) rent out parts of the house.

That can be an issue, but bear in mind that if you don't have to pay for housing/utilities in any capacity, that gives you much more freedom to look for a job within 5 miles because you don't have to hold out for one that pays particularly well (really, most areas' minimum wages are enough to live in reasonable comfort if housing expenses are off the table). If you're mostly looking for industrial jobs or other jobs that require large facilities that aren't viable in a dense urban environment, you might have a problem, but any office or smaller-scale commercial work should be pretty easy to find if you put yourself in a dense enough area.

slacker03150 posted...

What's the nicest part of new york? I'll take a penthouse suite, rent out one of the bedrooms and not have to worry about money because I'm sure I could rent that room out for more than my living expenses.

This too. Heck, pretty much anywhere you go, if you end up in a half-decent duplex and can rent out the other half, that'll cover pretty much all of your income needs, given that all potential costs of renting the place out (mortgage, taxes, insurance, repairs) would be covered by the arrangement. You don't even need to go for top-end stuff like a NYC penthouse.

if you go 6 miles away, bill gates will kill your family

This is a no-go for me. Far too confining for, to me, pretty negligible gains. I already have a residence Im happy with, a job Im content with and bills I have no problem paying.

Just out of curiosity, what if whoever takes this deal has a medical emergency that couldn't be treated anywhere in the 5 mile radius?

Is the property 5 miles wide?

I'll pass

You didn't say for how long. Even just a couple months is huge savings towards a decent place to live down the line

Blorfenburger posted...

You didn't say for how long. Even just a couple months is huge savings towards a decent place to live down the line

pionear posted...

No you're locked in Forever...

I tried that, and unfortunately that's against the rules.

Nope

If the 5-mile area was guaranteed to have everything I needed forever, I wouldn't see a huge issue.

Right now, my commute is bit longer than 5 miles and I've often thought, "Man, wouldn't it be nice if it was shorter?"

Granted, the 5-mile radius would have to pretty neat overall, too. Overall, being able to walk anywhere -- without being stuck in a city -- would be nice.

I already live in my dream home, so no.

nah, no way. I know me.

Everything I need is within 5 miles but as soon as I get locked in I'll want that one specific dumpling shop just a short drive away out of radius.

acesxhigh posted...

if you go 6 miles away, bill gates will kill your family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbvX3elSaaY

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Johnny_Eagle posted...

Just out of curiosity, what if whoever takes this deal has a medical emergency that couldn't be treated anywhere in the 5 mile radius?

Only extreme medical emergencies, Funerals for close Family, etc.

Metalsonic66 posted...

Is the property 5 miles wide?

It can be...but you still have to stay within it...

Count_Drachma posted...

Overall, being able to walk anywhere -- without being stuck in a city -- would be nice.

To really be walkable, an environment needs to be at least somewhat urban. You don't necessarily need a big city, but businesses need a certain number of people to be able to reach them if they're to survive. That either means you get walkable areas that have a higher population density, or you get lower-density areas that are difficult to walk around because of all the car infrastructure needed to bring people in. This is why big box stores have become so common in North America: With the shift to suburban living and people having to drive everywhere instead of being able to walk, that's necessitated larger roads, larger parking lots to hold the cars of people that have to drive there, and stores that can carry a large enough variety of items to reduce the number of trips people have to make.

You can usually get perfectly serviceable grocery stores within lower-density neighbourhoods that are walkable, since everybody needs groceries fairly frequently and that makes it pretty easy to hit the required customer count (albeit with less variety than you'd see from a bigger store), and often smaller communities will have general stores to hit various essentials that would otherwise come from a store too specialized to be supported, but otherwise you can generally only pick two of having an area be walkable, having places to go, and not being in a city.

Nope. I like travelling, hiking and stuff. Plus some stores might night be in that radius or family members living in that radius so that would be difficult.

I barely leave a five mile radius of my house currently but there are times when it's needed, so no.