I bought a house in SF with some friends, it's going pretty well, but I guess we're only a few years into it so far. I'm also buying a rural place this year, and I'm hoping that having a foothold in both urban and rural settings will provide me with plenty of opportunities to build group living arrangements around what my friends most prefer. So far it's rewarding!
That's cool! Do you have a family yet though?
No, although I don't know if I ever will, so "yet" seems like a weird way to phrase it. I do have friends in Massachusetts attempting it in a situation that should be more amenable to families, but it's a whole other level of difficulty to purchase properties that large; there's an extent to which private citizens cannot get loans on unusually sized properties.
YES! I had this sentiment as a kid. I do at least now see some friends who have purchased houses on the same street and all hang out together. But now that I'm in SF Bay area I crave leaving...
... yet I think the reason people don't do it as urban 20-somethings is that currently its very hard for these types of people to actually move to the countryside. I went from being one of those people to being a 30 something tech worker who talks about leaving silicon valley constantly never does. Most of us stay because homeostasis is very strong. Now the discussions are "If we leave, will there be good sushi... blah blah blah blah blah" will there be this will be there that, I like it here, we'll miss this.
Here I am, but I can't help feeling I'm left holding the bag.