Hi pinthrift,
Your room is a big challenge indeed, it's good that you managed to make it work.
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jhills,
-40F ? It's winter North Pole temperature, that's incredible. I do know how this kind of cold feels. However, I don't know how to do winter mountain driving with tire chains. This requires special skill, I think.
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House in Montana..
That would be a great adventurous move from New England. I would have to get Jokla parka from 66 North Iceland for those winters. This company makes excellent stuff. Recommended. I would also have to get used to driving pick-up truck. Not a big problem. Endless space over there.
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Yeah, sometimes big is too big and when downsizing you are in fact normalizing and upgrading.
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stuartk, I see, it is more complicated. In any case, I am against slavery, to put it mildly, including being a slave of one's own wishes.
Anyway, moving to a bigger house would be quite a system upgrade. Just a bit extreme and definitely very expensive unless you move to the middle of nowhere.
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If I am not mistaken there was never slavery in New England. This doesn't mean there never will be. Those people from MA come to NH and buy up the whole areas. They are not welcome, you know. It started many years ago and will continue.
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What listening room size and shape do you consider best ? I guess, it should be quite big but not huge.
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Yeah, Burlington VT and surroundings, two hours from Montreal, I think. Montreal is certainly thought of as the most European city outside Europe.
Two record stores in Littleton ? Maybe it is a "hipsteria" but still a good sign overall, I suppose.
Speaking of Europe and real estate prices, you can buy small house in French countryside for not too much, and you can buy small apartment in Finnish North countryside for $25k. Average income there is lower but the prices are often lower too. American income in Europe, that's what some expatriates from the US enjoy.
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Not necessarily, most just want to be able to escape the world when they feel like it and then come back.
gryslibutter, I used to live in Concord NH, so, yes, I was in Littleton at least once. I took scenic drives in White Mountains from time to time.
I just have to be near NYC for now but I want to return to Northern New England, that's why I look at what is available in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.
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grislybutter, it's Connecticut, not too far from NYC.
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Bill, I have similar taste, even though I’ve never lived in a grand house. And I don’t like small rooms either.
Last year I got lucky to rent a big 1800 sf two bedroom two floor apartment in a late 19th century building for a reasonable price. It was almost incidental, I was not really looking for so much space. The living room along with the kitchen downstairs are huge, but it would be inconvenient to have my system there so I put it in bigger bedroom upstairs. I can play music at moderate level in the middle of the night, nobody hears anything, the construction is quite good.
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So, to answer my own question, no I would not move just for that but would take it into consideration. Had to pass that Vermont opportunity - too far away and too expensive to build a proper house there.
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Recently saw $40k small house in Vermont with 50 acres of woods included. No electricity, though, or other utilities. Could be a great project for someone. You could build big there. Deep Maine has interesting offerings too. And that's just New England, imagine Montana or Wyoming.
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Anyway, I like large listening rooms, I don't have one but I do like them. I would have to replace the speakers and amp, though, if I had one. But my current 250 square feet room with little furniture is actually not bad, it will do.
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We are not all that crazy after all, or so it seems. Bigger property size, yes, definitely, though I don't know what I would do with it. Probably nothing, just more private space.
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