I agree with the comments that this is not so much an issue with the house but with my husband’s and my expectations and differences. We haven’t lived near either of our families before, and I had a feeling that there might be some issues because our lifestyles are so different than my family’s lifestyle or his family’s. We’ve always lived in very dense urban areas and haven’t owned cars since college (we both grew up in California and then moved), while my family is SUV-driving, suburban stock and his is truck-driving rural stock! Still, I do like the coastal areas because I grew up near the beach but I am concerned that we would never be able to find a “unique” house in our price range on the coast.
