The new style of single family house: what’s your thought?

[an]

[quote=freshman]
No driveway in front : I see lot of people park their cars on driveway and garage is just a big storage only. Driveway in front makes people have a habit to park their cars outside and less street parking space. Garage/covered parking is supposed to protect your car from sun and rain so your car can last longer. [/quote]
I don’t think it people who use their garage as storage will do so whether the garage is in front or not. When you have more stuff than your house can hold, you start to use the garage to store things. Then there are things you don’t want to store in your house, like a miter saw, your tools, air compressor, christmas stuff, etc. Those are the things I store in my garage. Then there are people who have ATV, weekend car, jet ski, etc. Those goes in the garage as well. So, lets say you have 2 kids in HS w/ their own cars, two additional cars for the 2 parents, and your garage is used to store the stuff above. Where would you park your cars if you don’t have a drive way? With drive way, you can park 2-3 of your cars in the drive way and 1 -2 on the street. If you don’t have a drive way, you’ll have all 4 on the street.

Streets is not that narrow but streets in Del Sur is quite narrow. Imagine if the neighborhood is more mature where more residence have HS aged kids and they’ve lived in the house long enough to accumulate stuff. I can see the are being filled w/ cars on the street and lack of parking space for guests. Especially if you decide to have a big party.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal]I loved that house. I loved loved loved the neighborhood. Very walkable – a small grocery store 2 blocks away, a couple of nice restaurants and bars – all less than 3 blocks away. An old vaudeville theater that showed musical acts a block and a half away. Small town mainstreet feel, right around the corner.

but only about a mile from the Philly city border. 3-4 blocks to the Septa train that would get you into the city and/or the airport. (It is LIBERATING to be able to roll a suitcase to the trainstation – with my car in the garage at home. The garage in the back, lol.)

But…. Philly is hot and sweaty in the summer. Miserable. I like moderate. I really loved the spring/fall there. And the winters were ok. I *hated* the summers there.

My kids are growing up going to the beach a lot, doing year round sports and other activities, and my husband is happier here.

No regrets about moving. But I wish I could move that neighborhood here.[/quote]

I wish you could move that neighborhood here, too! We’d be neighbors. 🙂

It really does sound like paradise, except for the humidity. Heat is okay, humidity is most definitely not.

As far as California goes, even I have to admit that the ability to participate in outdoor activities all year long is pretty amazing. We natives are a bit spoiled, as many of us never really imagine it being any other way.

How about when you lived in Washington? Is that any better than Philly?

Really like the Philly vibe as you’ve described it, though. The trees and sidewalks just make me want to pick up and move there.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal]I loved that house. I loved loved loved the neighborhood. Very walkable – a small grocery store 2 blocks away, a couple of nice restaurants and bars – all less than 3 blocks away. An old vaudeville theater that showed musical acts a block and a half away. Small town mainstreet feel, right around the corner.

but only about a mile from the Philly city border. 3-4 blocks to the Septa train that would get you into the city and/or the airport. (It is LIBERATING to be able to roll a suitcase to the trainstation – with my car in the garage at home. The garage in the back, lol.)

But…. Philly is hot and sweaty in the summer. Miserable. I like moderate. I really loved the spring/fall there. And the winters were ok. I *hated* the summers there.

My kids are growing up going to the beach a lot, doing year round sports and other activities, and my husband is happier here.

No regrets about moving. But I wish I could move that neighborhood here.[/quote]

I wish you could move that neighborhood here, too! We’d be neighbors. 🙂

It really does sound like paradise, except for the humidity. Heat is okay, humidity is most definitely not.

As far as California goes, even I have to admit that the ability to participate in outdoor activities all year long is pretty amazing. We natives are a bit spoiled, as many of us never really imagine it being any other way.

How about when you lived in Washington? Is that any better than Philly?

Really like the Philly vibe as you’ve described it, though. The trees and sidewalks just make me want to pick up and move there.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal]I loved that house. I loved loved loved the neighborhood. Very walkable – a small grocery store 2 blocks away, a couple of nice restaurants and bars – all less than 3 blocks away. An old vaudeville theater that showed musical acts a block and a half away. Small town mainstreet feel, right around the corner.

but only about a mile from the Philly city border. 3-4 blocks to the Septa train that would get you into the city and/or the airport. (It is LIBERATING to be able to roll a suitcase to the trainstation – with my car in the garage at home. The garage in the back, lol.)

But…. Philly is hot and sweaty in the summer. Miserable. I like moderate. I really loved the spring/fall there. And the winters were ok. I *hated* the summers there.

My kids are growing up going to the beach a lot, doing year round sports and other activities, and my husband is happier here.

No regrets about moving. But I wish I could move that neighborhood here.[/quote]

I wish you could move that neighborhood here, too! We’d be neighbors. 🙂

It really does sound like paradise, except for the humidity. Heat is okay, humidity is most definitely not.

As far as California goes, even I have to admit that the ability to participate in outdoor activities all year long is pretty amazing. We natives are a bit spoiled, as many of us never really imagine it being any other way.

How about when you lived in Washington? Is that any better than Philly?

Really like the Philly vibe as you’ve described it, though. The trees and sidewalks just make me want to pick up and move there.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal]I loved that house. I loved loved loved the neighborhood. Very walkable – a small grocery store 2 blocks away, a couple of nice restaurants and bars – all less than 3 blocks away. An old vaudeville theater that showed musical acts a block and a half away. Small town mainstreet feel, right around the corner.

but only about a mile from the Philly city border. 3-4 blocks to the Septa train that would get you into the city and/or the airport. (It is LIBERATING to be able to roll a suitcase to the trainstation – with my car in the garage at home. The garage in the back, lol.)

But…. Philly is hot and sweaty in the summer. Miserable. I like moderate. I really loved the spring/fall there. And the winters were ok. I *hated* the summers there.

My kids are growing up going to the beach a lot, doing year round sports and other activities, and my husband is happier here.

No regrets about moving. But I wish I could move that neighborhood here.[/quote]

I wish you could move that neighborhood here, too! We’d be neighbors. 🙂

It really does sound like paradise, except for the humidity. Heat is okay, humidity is most definitely not.

As far as California goes, even I have to admit that the ability to participate in outdoor activities all year long is pretty amazing. We natives are a bit spoiled, as many of us never really imagine it being any other way.

How about when you lived in Washington? Is that any better than Philly?

Really like the Philly vibe as you’ve described it, though. The trees and sidewalks just make me want to pick up and move there.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal]I loved that house. I loved loved loved the neighborhood. Very walkable – a small grocery store 2 blocks away, a couple of nice restaurants and bars – all less than 3 blocks away. An old vaudeville theater that showed musical acts a block and a half away. Small town mainstreet feel, right around the corner.

but only about a mile from the Philly city border. 3-4 blocks to the Septa train that would get you into the city and/or the airport. (It is LIBERATING to be able to roll a suitcase to the trainstation – with my car in the garage at home. The garage in the back, lol.)

But…. Philly is hot and sweaty in the summer. Miserable. I like moderate. I really loved the spring/fall there. And the winters were ok. I *hated* the summers there.

My kids are growing up going to the beach a lot, doing year round sports and other activities, and my husband is happier here.

No regrets about moving. But I wish I could move that neighborhood here.[/quote]

I wish you could move that neighborhood here, too! We’d be neighbors. 🙂

It really does sound like paradise, except for the humidity. Heat is okay, humidity is most definitely not.

As far as California goes, even I have to admit that the ability to participate in outdoor activities all year long is pretty amazing. We natives are a bit spoiled, as many of us never really imagine it being any other way.

How about when you lived in Washington? Is that any better than Philly?

Really like the Philly vibe as you’ve described it, though. The trees and sidewalks just make me want to pick up and move there.

[sdrealtor]

FWIW you would hate it there. Philly is one of the most intolerent major cities in the US. Racism is open and widespread at all levels of education, income and intellect. You can find neighborhoods like that in just about any part of the country outside of the sunbelts. If you want one, feel free. They are verywhere.

[sdrealtor]

FWIW you would hate it there. Philly is one of the most intolerent major cities in the US. Racism is open and widespread at all levels of education, income and intellect. You can find neighborhoods like that in just about any part of the country outside of the sunbelts. If you want one, feel free. They are verywhere.

[sdrealtor]

FWIW you would hate it there. Philly is one of the most intolerent major cities in the US. Racism is open and widespread at all levels of education, income and intellect. You can find neighborhoods like that in just about any part of the country outside of the sunbelts. If you want one, feel free. They are verywhere.

[sdrealtor]

FWIW you would hate it there. Philly is one of the most intolerent major cities in the US. Racism is open and widespread at all levels of education, income and intellect. You can find neighborhoods like that in just about any part of the country outside of the sunbelts. If you want one, feel free. They are verywhere.

[sdrealtor]

FWIW you would hate it there. Philly is one of the most intolerent major cities in the US. Racism is open and widespread at all levels of education, income and intellect. You can find neighborhoods like that in just about any part of the country outside of the sunbelts. If you want one, feel free. They are verywhere.

[CA renter]

Just wish we had more tree-lined streets and nice, wide, level sidewalks. Even in L.A., we had more trees than we do in SD.

It’s weird, because people down here keep cutting down trees. Apparently, they think they’re “dirty.” 🙁

[CA renter]

Just wish we had more tree-lined streets and nice, wide, level sidewalks. Even in L.A., we had more trees than we do in SD.

It’s weird, because people down here keep cutting down trees. Apparently, they think they’re “dirty.” 🙁

[CA renter]

Just wish we had more tree-lined streets and nice, wide, level sidewalks. Even in L.A., we had more trees than we do in SD.

It’s weird, because people down here keep cutting down trees. Apparently, they think they’re “dirty.” 🙁

[CA renter]

Just wish we had more tree-lined streets and nice, wide, level sidewalks. Even in L.A., we had more trees than we do in SD.

It’s weird, because people down here keep cutting down trees. Apparently, they think they’re “dirty.” 🙁

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