Posts Tagged "neighborhoods"

Creating Bikeable Cities

Posted by on Oct 12, 2009 in Blog, personal finance | 5 comments

I recently read an article in Scientific American about how bike friendly cities have many more women bicycle riders, and how one can gauge how ‘bicycle friendly’ a city is by looking at how many women are riding their bikes. For example, a terrific bike friendly city in Europe is Copenhagen. Copenhagen has a lot of women on bicycles due to their terrific bike infrastructure. (You can check out this great photo-based blog that inspired me to ride my bike.) Another county, cited in...

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Surburbia and Why It’s All Wrong

Posted by on Sep 30, 2009 in Blog, personal finance | 0 comments

I’ve lived in suburban Los Angeles my whole life, with the exception of my first four years. I didn’t think much about living in the ‘burbs’ when I was a child, probably because I didn’t travel much more than a mile or two on foot or on a bicycle. As I got older and remained in the same area, I often thought about moving, mainly for a change of scenery. But, something always held me back, whether it was school or a job or a boyfriend. In the end, I met my husband...

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Felonious Phone Calls

Posted by on Sep 19, 2009 in Blog, personal finance | 1 comment

The way the current economy is, with so many people unemployed, losing their homes, and the overall negative aura circulating, I’m becoming increasingly aware that there are some very desperate people out there. For instance, I’ve recently become more careful about where I park my car in a large parking lot. I’ve always liked to park far away, I really don’t like door dings, but lately I’ve felt like I’m leaving myself open and vulnerable to a personal...

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Choosing a neighborhood based on schools

Posted by on Sep 16, 2009 in Blog, Home Affordability | 1 comment

I don’t have kids yet, but I am enrolled in a teaching credential program and know how important it is to live near good schools. I have faith in the public education system, a definitely biased view due to my working in the public school district. With purchasing a house in the next several months on my brain, I realize that I not only need to find an affordable house in a neighborhood that I feel safe in, I also have to research the school’s in that neighborhood. On a side note,...

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