Quick move?

[ironphoenix]

Tomorrow, soul_diaspora are going to look very seriously at a townhouse in Kanata, and we might even sign. It's about a mile and a half from where I work.

It's a bit... scary? exhilarating? Both?

Advice welcome!

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[jagash.livejournal.com]

Ok, I will try to offer some relatively balanced advice on this front. I spent 18 years in Kanata so I have dealt with some of the realities of that area.

1) It will be a challenge to live with a single car unless you are _certain_ that you will be able to walk to the office nearly every day. The walls will close in _very_ fast unless you have a car, since the bus service is relatively terrible and there is little within walking distance.

2) Some of the sections of Kanata have aluminum wiring, fyi, so check for that.

3) Note that you will have a challenge hosting boardgaming off the Transistway in Kanata North. I assume you have thought of this already, but it could come up.

4) The park and ride can make the multimodal transportation (bus to the park and ride then get picked up) far more feasible.

5) My personal opinion is to lock it in and lock it in hard. I suspect that the USD will inflate to reduce debt which will _sink_ all of our industries unless we match them. That will inherently raise interest rates, not that they can get any lower at this point. Its a steal at this point, even locked in for 5 years.

6) The neighbourhood should be very crime-free, with the exception of petty theft of vandalism. Major plus here.

7) Far fewer options for eating out, compared to your current neck of the woods.

8) University attendance might be a bit more of a challenge, though the bus will offer plenty of reading time.

9) Living near were you work certainly would be beneficial.

10) This might have some relatively severe consequences on both your Akido attendance and your attendance at your specific church. There are at least 2 RC churches that I know of in Kanata, but I donèt know if you would be interested or willing to switch.

Hope this helps you out to some extent. My personal preference is to stick within the greenbelt, but I also work in Hull so I am in a different place in my life.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Walking/biking generally won't be a problem, and there is a single-bus solution between home and work if necessary.

Aluminum wiring would generally be in older sections, I would expect.

Multimode and rides will be helpful in getting gamers!

I disagree that the dropping USD will push our interest rates up quickly... there are also ways to switch from var to fixed in mid-stream if necessary.

Eating out is something we should probably do less anyway! When we do, I suspect it will be less "offhand", and more geared to The Good Stuff.

If university is a factor, we'll work out transportation... there is express service.

Aikido will be the big tricky thing, transportation-wise, because it will involve scheduling handoff of the car.