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100% agree with Vanusa. FWIW, the initial boost of happiness derived from living in nice accomodations is shortlived, after a few weeks or a month you'll likel

100% agree with Vanusa. FWIW, the initial boost of happiness derived from living in nice accomodations is shortlived, after a few weeks or a month you'll likely feel about the same as before you got the nicer digs. Once I experienced and internalized this lesson, I was able to stop caring much about my house (just keep it clean and as comfy as possible) and instead focus on the amazing people in my life who genuinely care about connecting with me regardless of fancy house circumstance. In this way it's actually a highly effective filter facilitating minimization of superficial relationships.

randycupertino 5y ago
Having moved from a complete rathole apartment to a rental house recently I've come to realize, dammit this is wayyy more work to maintain and clean! This freaking sucks!! I want to go back to a tiny apartment where I didn't have to spend Saturdays cleaning the windows. :P
- vanusa 5y ago
  But hey, that must have been what you moved to Cupertino for, right?
  - cercatrova 5y ago
    Maybe he actually lives in the spaceship there, it sure would be a lot of windows to clean.
  - legerdemain 5y ago
    People move to Cupertino for the school district, not for the nice house. The houses in Cupertino are, on average, modest and frumpy. Have you actually lived in Cupertino?
    - vanusa 5y ago
      Let's just say Cupertino is in my blood. I wasn't thinking Atherton-scale window cleaning. Just to say -- if you move our of your ratbox and into the land of modest and frumpy, then this is what you should expect.
pb7 5y ago
>FWIW, the initial boost of happiness derived from living in nice accomodations is shortlived, after a few weeks or a month you'll likely feel about the same as before you got the nicer digs. That hasn't been my experience. When I found my current place I was ecstatic over it and ~3 years later, I still am just as much. I have no plans of moving out unless I move cities -- it hits the spot that much for me compared to all the previous places I've lived previously.
- jaytaylor 5y ago
  I wasn't advocating for living in a shithole. Of course you need (and everyone deserves) some base level of comfort!
luckyscs 5y ago
Otoh, some apartments save lives.

randycupertino 5y ago

Having moved from a complete rathole apartment to a rental house recently I've come to realize, dammit this is wayyy more work to maintain and clean! This freaking sucks!! I want to go back to a tiny apartment where I didn't have to spend Saturdays cleaning the windows. :P

vanusa 5y ago
But hey, that must have been what you moved to Cupertino for, right?
- cercatrova 5y ago
  Maybe he actually lives in the spaceship there, it sure would be a lot of windows to clean.
- legerdemain 5y ago
  People move to Cupertino for the school district, not for the nice house. The houses in Cupertino are, on average, modest and frumpy. Have you actually lived in Cupertino?
  - vanusa 5y ago
    Let's just say Cupertino is in my blood. I wasn't thinking Atherton-scale window cleaning. Just to say -- if you move our of your ratbox and into the land of modest and frumpy, then this is what you should expect.

pb7 5y ago

>FWIW, the initial boost of happiness derived from living in nice accomodations is shortlived, after a few weeks or a month you'll likely feel about the same as before you got the nicer digs. That hasn't been my experience. When I found my current place I was ecstatic over it and ~3 years later, I still am just as much. I have no plans of moving out unless I move cities -- it hits the spot that much for me compared to all the previous places I've lived previously.

jaytaylor 5y ago
I wasn't advocating for living in a shithole. Of course you need (and everyone deserves) some base level of comfort!

luckyscs 5y ago

Otoh, some apartments save lives.