Image: Vecteezy.com SPECIAL BULLETIN I interrupt this Land ho! Motivations programming to update on the real-life: steps I've taken, progress I've made, people I've connected with and golden takeaways on this journey to find home in the country, on a budget, as a B.A.M.F. ••• STEPS TAKEN & PROGRESS MADE The truth is, I am much further along than I've... Continue Reading →
Impossible? • Land ho! • Motivations: Affordable Housing, City Living & Settling Down
"If you look at how long it takes for a person to save up to buy a house-that's sort of the hot indicator now-San Francisco, you know, the Bay Area, we're looking at 27 to 30 years. So basically, you're just not going to buy a house. Seattle's not there yet, but it's still 15... Continue Reading →
‘What happens to a dream deferred?’ • Land ho! • The spark of inspiration
"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"¹ The spark of inspiration - Once upon the twenty first century, March 11, 1959 to be precise, a twenty-eight year old African American, female, middle class-raised, college drop-out, intellectual, journalist, activist, artist, communist, interracially married, queer, Chicago native author... Continue Reading →
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Is there another way to stability beyond the 'conventional' tracks of work and marriage? As an unmarried, minority, millennial female with a limited income, this is the question I am asking these days. As the home--errr condo prices in my cosmopolitan of choice continue to rise, the idea of owning in the city, and one day staying put, feels ever... Continue Reading →