Originally Posted by
gnome
Hey Ben- You have a long time in your life to cut grass and do all the Wally-workshop crap you do when you own a house. You have decades to collect assorted mauls, step-ladders, drills and bits, hammers of different weight and more screwdrivers and putty knives than you will ever count. Before you are done you'll have heat guns with various tips, soldering guns and hundreds of tape measures, plumb lines, and plumbing supplies. You will discover what oakum is and why you need to know the what and when.
You will have all that one day, but what you won't have when your hair is gone, is the memory and experience of living as an adult in an urban environment.
do your old-guy self a favor, dump the idea of buying a house and move downtown. If you have to buy, do it where it makes sense: Lafayette Park, maybe the Fort Shelby or Book Cadillac.
a house for a young single guy is a burden. It will take time away from those memories that will keep you laughing in your long toothed years.