I love the translations at the end. It's time for me to get back to studying.
We just a weekend trip to the Hudson Valley in NY. I struck up a conversation with a fellow about life in the area. He loves it. Talked about all the great small music venues, interesting neighbors and community, great restaurants and food markets etc. etc. My respnonse was "sounds lovely but I hate the idea of having to drive everywhere.....and it's absolutely everywhere. A big portion of your day is in a car. And while I love the idea of a bountful garden, the house that comes with it seems so isolated. I will be leaving a walkable neighborhood for another one in Spain. But I know it's the right choice for me.
Your perspective coming from about the best place there is for traditional urban life in the United States will be interesting. The neighborhood and, specifically, the actual block or set of blocks where you land- which to some extent might be a craps shoot- will be the key factor on your comparisons between Brooklyn and Spain. I look forward to hearing how it turns out and how you end up feeling and assessing things. Fascinating stuff.
The language is tough. I am in a period where I feel meaningful improvement. Still pretty basic level, but I am spitting out the basics faster and, sometimes, with more confidence y sin pensarlo.
We are on Idealista regularly and the virtual tour feature is interesting. Some of the nicest apartments are in areas with not the most exciting street life. Even if they are somewhat close to the center. Having an excellent market like you do nearby seems key. Even here I have a small grocer with just about anything I need.
We live about 30 seconds from the main market. I still can't believe it. The first apartment falling through might be the best thing that happened during the moving phase other than the formality of the resident permit approval!
Having the neighborhood market, a solid panadería, a larger supermarket or two and a bodega or three is crucial, IMO.
I'm about to get a hard lesson in having to drive everywhere. The store we go to isn't as close as yours, but it's an easy bike ride (and one I enjoyed). Last night part of the roof collapsed during a storm, and now instead of biking 20 minutes, it'll be 20 in a car.
The "15-minute city" is nothing new, but when it made it to the popular media, it got cancelled faster than when Donald Trump said he can just grab women by the...
Pretty sad. Like you said the other day, the small cities and towns of the US have the infrastructure. They could be incredible places to live.
What is that translation service you use?
If you mean the Spanish work, it's ChatGPT.
I love the translations at the end. It's time for me to get back to studying.
We just a weekend trip to the Hudson Valley in NY. I struck up a conversation with a fellow about life in the area. He loves it. Talked about all the great small music venues, interesting neighbors and community, great restaurants and food markets etc. etc. My respnonse was "sounds lovely but I hate the idea of having to drive everywhere.....and it's absolutely everywhere. A big portion of your day is in a car. And while I love the idea of a bountful garden, the house that comes with it seems so isolated. I will be leaving a walkable neighborhood for another one in Spain. But I know it's the right choice for me.
Your perspective coming from about the best place there is for traditional urban life in the United States will be interesting. The neighborhood and, specifically, the actual block or set of blocks where you land- which to some extent might be a craps shoot- will be the key factor on your comparisons between Brooklyn and Spain. I look forward to hearing how it turns out and how you end up feeling and assessing things. Fascinating stuff.
The language is tough. I am in a period where I feel meaningful improvement. Still pretty basic level, but I am spitting out the basics faster and, sometimes, with more confidence y sin pensarlo.
We are on Idealista regularly and the virtual tour feature is interesting. Some of the nicest apartments are in areas with not the most exciting street life. Even if they are somewhat close to the center. Having an excellent market like you do nearby seems key. Even here I have a small grocer with just about anything I need.
We live about 30 seconds from the main market. I still can't believe it. The first apartment falling through might be the best thing that happened during the moving phase other than the formality of the resident permit approval!
Having the neighborhood market, a solid panadería, a larger supermarket or two and a bodega or three is crucial, IMO.
I'm about to get a hard lesson in having to drive everywhere. The store we go to isn't as close as yours, but it's an easy bike ride (and one I enjoyed). Last night part of the roof collapsed during a storm, and now instead of biking 20 minutes, it'll be 20 in a car.
The "15-minute city" is nothing new, but when it made it to the popular media, it got cancelled faster than when Donald Trump said he can just grab women by the...
Pretty sad. Like you said the other day, the small cities and towns of the US have the infrastructure. They could be incredible places to live.
I like this notion of "cut down, cut out and re-build". Must bear that in mind