Convenience or Privacy?
By Nykkee
@Nykkee (2522)
Canada
June 24, 2007 6:57am CST
Which do you value more conveience or privacy? If you were buying a home and there were two identical homes for sale for the same price, on is in the country, a little out of the way but with a big yard and lots of privacy. The other is right in the middle of town, seconds from all immenities, but the yard is very public and you house is cloe enough to your neighbors that you could hand them a cup of coffee out of your window and in through thiers. Which do you choose? I personally prefer privacy over convenience, being able to get anything you need on a seconds notice has it's benefits, but then you can never get away from it all and it takes away the safe feeling of home, I think, when you feel like everyone can see and hear you even in your private room.
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@shelagh77 (3643)
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24 Jun 07
At the moment privacy wins hands down! I have not had more than an hour of peace all year, unless you count after midnight, and even then I don't know whether the telephone will ring! I like helping people but things have reached ridiculous levels and I am craving some "me" time very badly. In these days where there are large fridges and freezers whereby you can stockpile food convenience is not so important, so please make me comfortablein a little cottage in the middle of nowhere lol.
@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
24 Jun 07
I agree, really you can get everything you need in one trip to one store like Walmart now. A little cottage in the woods is the perfect way to describe the house that my husband and I are buying very soon. It is a small house but has so much private space around it I think it will feel bigger than the large in-town apartment we live in now because of the increased privacy. I dont even like to go in one room of our apartment now because I could crawl out through the window of that room and into the window of the next house without even falling they are so close together.
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@shelagh77 (3643)
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24 Jun 07
I must admit I am even worse than that and shop on line as often as I can. I have poor balance and am nearly deaf and people must ask me to move, think I am ignoring them and they just plough into me with their shopping trolleys and shopping is no fun any more. So it is even less relevant to me that there is a shop nearby. Internet is of course essential though.
I am very envious in the nicest possible way about your new house. It sounds absolutely perfect and I would like to wish you both many years of happiness there.
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@tina12679 (1126)
• United States
25 Jun 07
I perfer privacy myself. I have lived in each situation and i hate living in the midst of everyone with no privacy. It was nice that i could get to the store in less then a minute and walk there if i really needed to but i prefer being out where if i wanted to go out and have a cup of coffee on the porch in my underwear i could.
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@spiritwolf52 (2300)
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25 Jun 07
I would say privacy. I have lived in a town before and I really hated it. I prefer to be able to listen to my music as loud as I want and any time I want. I love having no one or no houses around me. I am a very private person. The quieter it is the better it is for me to write. I meditate every day and I wouldn't be able to do that in a noisy town. I love the fresh air, wide open spaces and the peace and quiet of the country. The country gives me room to breathe.
@christine_margot (282)
• Philippines
25 Jun 07
Can't I get both? Well if I have to choose between the two, I would prefer convinience. I like it in the big city with all the better facilities and ammenities. I am used to the fast paced life in the city compared to the laid back life in country.
I do not like to long trips going and after work. And yes security is an issue so I just have to more careful.
@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
25 Jun 07
I know what you mean, I lived in the city for years and at the time wouldn't have changed it for the world. I needed the transit buses to get around and couldn't have made it on my own in the country. However, now that I have my husband and stay home, I am learning to greatly prefere privacy because now when I go outside or anything my neighbor bothers me and I end up having to let her in for coffee to be polite because she's so persistant and I don't want to have my neighbors hate me, but it's really annoying and makes me wish I didn't have neighbors so close.
@castleghost (1304)
• United States
25 Jun 07
Its all about the privacy for me. I want a house far out in the country with tons of trees all around it. I would like for the drive to be about a quarter mile long. I will still need to fence of my yard with an eight foot fence because we have a dog that can jump a six foot fence. I want to be able to walk out in to my back yard naked if that is what I decide to do.
Right now we settled for small town living. There is only a few hundred people living in the town we choose. The houses are a good distance apart so that if a neighbor was arguing you wouldn't necessarily hear them.
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
25 Jun 07
That;s crazy. What kind of dog do you have? He/she must be part rabbit! I have a dog as well and will need to eventually fence our yard as well. To start of we are just going to get her a long run leash that hooks to 2 trees so she can only go so far, we just buy the grade for a dog twice her weight to be safe. My dog could never jump that high, or if she can she's keeping it a secret.
@Juanamomof5 (429)
• United States
25 Jun 07
I prefer privacy but my husband thought he prefered convenience, thats why we live in a mobile homepark. He has now realized how much he misses his privacy. Now were looking for a house and he wants it in the country.
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
26 Jun 07
We looked at a couple of mobile homes in the local park, they are nice, they look just like houses now, but they have no space around them. I don't think I could stand living in a place that cramped, your neighbors could hear upi talking in your kitchen. It's good to hear that you guys are looking for a new place, I'm sure you will be happier once you find it. Thanks for responding.
@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
25 Jun 07
I want the privacy and the big yard. I would be happy to be out in the middle of nowhere, as long as I have a phone and a car, who needs to be in the middle of everything? Right now I live a couple of miles out of town. I have a decent sized yard and still have fairly close neighbors. I love my neighbors, they are good people, but I wouldn't mind even more privacy.
@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
25 Jun 07
Thanks for the response. I know what you mean. Our new home has plenty of neighbors, which is a comfort to me, becuase I know there will be people around if I ever needed help with somehting while my husband is away, but at he same time I wish there were just a few more tree between our home and the next, just enough so they couldn't see in my yard.
@di1indilin (802)
• India
25 Jun 07
in this particular situation, i'd go for the one nearer to the city because convenience is a must, what if something happens at the country home and u need to get somewhere quick, and maybe u could soudproof the rooms for added privacy,,..
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
25 Jun 07
That's a really good point di1indilin, but it's past that point for us now really, haha, we already bought the house in the country, but I think I will definitly need to get my drivers license and a car because the idea of not being able to get anywhere in an emergency makes me reallty nervous.
@scarywhitegirl (2766)
• United States
24 Jun 07
I think I would rather have the more convenient location. Privacy can be nice, but I lived in a small town for long enough to realize that I really prefer being able to get what I want or need without too much hassle. Unfortunately, if I lived in the middle of nowhere, it would suddenly become more difficult for me to get my groceries and other household items, or to get to work quickly. So I'd rather live in a convenient place than a private place.
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