Delmar, New York

On snowy and icy days, and honestly any day, I do have to say I like being able to take the bus to work and not have to worry about cleaning off my pickup truck, and driving to work. I don’t have to gas up my truck, I don’t have to clean off the snow and ice, I don’t have to worry about slippery road conditions. I just walk down to the bus stop. I can use my phone on the way to work, I don’t have to pay attention to traffic or worry about getting a wreck, especially with so many very aggressive drivers in the city nowadays.

I certainly wouldn’t mind getting out of my apartment where I’m constantly fighting mildew downstairs with bleach or where the plaster continues to break and paint peals as everything rusts from the perpetual moisture problem this building has had since I’ve moved in. But my apartment is cheap and so convenient being near both an express bus line and local bus line. And I can walk to stores and the library – which is good because I don’t believe in having the internet at home.

I’d love to have land and a place that I could invest money into fixing up. Really there is no reason for me to even make the most minor of repairs to a place I rent. I’m going to lose any value from it when I move out. I’d love to be able to heat with wood or coal and not have to pay a fortune to local utility company to keep my place warm.

But I’m fine with things the way it is. And I sure like not having to worry about the winter weather…