Yes, the house hunt is still in progress. We've looked at an astounding number of homes, both with our agent and at open houses. We came close to making an offer on a house, but our excursion today convinced us to wait. In addition to the potential for a major housing market correction, we decided that we'd prefer to live in a neighborhood where the residents would be glad to see a police car drive slowly by.
We conducted an informal survey of a number of neighborhoods where we might find an affordable house, and ruled out several. We invented a formula for evaluating neighborhoods:
D = H/(B + J)
where D = desirability (the higher, the better)
H = total number of houses,
B = number of houses with bars on their windows or doors,
and J = number of junked cars parked on the property.
We drove through quite a few areas where D was less than one, which makes for a pretty dicey-looking neighborhood.
H = total number of houses,
B = number of houses with bars on their windows or doors,
and J = number of junked cars parked on the property.
We drove through quite a few areas where D was less than one, which makes for a pretty dicey-looking neighborhood.
Tessie napped through most of the excursion, and was so well-behaved while awake that we decided to spend the rest of the day having fun.
Following lunch, a trip to the park, where Tessie got to ride the swings,
solo on the slide,
drive a fire truck with Mommy,
stop for a refreshing drink,
and, lastly, visit the big splooshy fountain at the mall.
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