Anonymous
02/19/2025 15:42
Subject: Re:Your second home
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you have a second home, where is it?
Paris, LA, Chicago.
Why that location?
I like Paris. It gives me an old world feel that I can't get in the states. LA and Chicago due to business - and is always interesting. Never cared to be in NY, Philadelphia or Boston for one more minute than I needed to be there. Same for any place in the (U.S.) South.
What do you love/hate about it?
Love Paris: No one loves or cares about Trump. Hate Paris: Unfortunately has Le Pen, a more polished version of Trump, of the same ilk.
How often do you use it?
Love to spend Spring in Paris and Summer in the Southern coasts of France and Italy. LA and Chicago as business requires.
Do you Airbnb or rent when not using?
Don't really understand how other people allow others to sleep in their bed and go through their things. A rental is a rental and a home is a home.
If you would like to have a second home one day, where would you like to buy one and why?
Berlin - unexpected adventure, Lake Como - lake living, St. Moritz - skiing. Probably not there often enough to buy.
Paris? Really? So American of you to describe it as “old world.” LOL. And the American South is great!
-signed, European
So typical DCUM of you to come onto this thread only to make a snide comment and you're full of crap, you're American. Otherwise you'd say where you're from. I'm guessing Alabama or similar since hit dogs holler. You should appreciate that reference. I'm not the PP btw.
Nope, just a European who can spot an American from a mile away in Europe. We all can. It’s the insecurity.
I'm Swedish. I've never heard anyone actually call themselves European except on this board. I'm inclined to think most of the "Europeans" here that constantly denigrate Americans like this are actually Americans. This weird propensity to refuse to say where you're from. It's really odd.
Reminds me of that joke
Q. if you are American when you go into the bathroom, what are you once you are inside.
A. European
Anonymous
02/19/2025 13:05
Subject: Re:Your second home
we do not have a second home, although I will inherit one in california in the next few years, but the taxes and insurance alone will be more than 40k/year so as much as I like it, I can't see us living there full time and will likely sell it (plus everytime there is a fire, I'm panicking as its in a wildfire prone area).
We have discussed buying a small place in France (maybe montpellier) for retirement, but I also really like the freedom of being able to simply rent a place for a while and not have to deal with maintenance, etc. I have no desire for a second home in the states though. We rent a beach house for a week a year and that's enough for me.
HHI 350k.
We have discussed buying a small place in France (maybe montpellier) for retirement, but I also really like the freedom of being able to simply rent a place for a while and not have to deal with maintenance, etc. I have no desire for a second home in the states though. We rent a beach house for a week a year and that's enough for me.
HHI 350k.
Anonymous
02/19/2025 06:55
Subject: Your second home
Anonymous wrote:If you have a second home, where is it? Why that location? What do you love/hate about it? How often do you use it? Do you Airbnb or rent when not using?
If you would like to have a second home oneday, where would you like to buy one and why?
Northern Vermont on a mountain. We go there about 4x over the winter to ski. It is perfectly situated on the mountain and my kids love it. So many happy times there. When we're not there, the resort has a rental program that we participate in.
Also looking at a place in Deep Creek. We would do the same thing: use it sometimes and rent it.
We are in DC with HHI of $1.3m.
Anonymous
02/19/2025 06:46
Subject: Your second home
Anonymous wrote:Colonial Beach is a dump. Sorry. We looked at places to buy there and found it super depressing.
its like having a second home in a trailer park.
Anonymous
02/19/2025 06:42
Subject: Your second home
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Naxos, Greece — It’s so mellow there and the water, community, and food are perfect. It’s the opposite of touristy. Our house is not huge but it suits our needs. Great Kite Surfing. It helps that we’re Greek Americans. Only downside is the distance but we generally stay there most of the summer.
OMG I love Naxos. But I wouldn't post on here about it. Need to keep a "secret".
Nothing is secret about Naxos, lol.
Anonymous
02/12/2025 18:53
Subject: Your second home
Anonymous wrote:If you have a second home, where is it? Why that location? What do you love/hate about it? How often do you use it? Do you Airbnb or rent when not using?
If you would like to have a second home oneday, where would you like to buy one and why?
Wasatch Mountains, Utah
Love the outdoors. Love Utah. Love mountain biking. Love locally owned restaurants and stores.
Stay there all summer.
We rent it out all winter to skiers. We do not rent it outside of ski season. If we ski there we rent another place to stay.
Anonymous
02/12/2025 09:55
Subject: Re:Your second home
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you have a second home, where is it?
Paris, LA, Chicago.
Why that location?
I like Paris. It gives me an old world feel that I can't get in the states. LA and Chicago due to business - and is always interesting. Never cared to be in NY, Philadelphia or Boston for one more minute than I needed to be there. Same for any place in the (U.S.) South.
What do you love/hate about it?
Love Paris: No one loves or cares about Trump. Hate Paris: Unfortunately has Le Pen, a more polished version of Trump, of the same ilk.
How often do you use it?
Love to spend Spring in Paris and Summer in the Southern coasts of France and Italy. LA and Chicago as business requires.
Do you Airbnb or rent when not using?
Don't really understand how other people allow others to sleep in their bed and go through their things. A rental is a rental and a home is a home.
If you would like to have a second home one day, where would you like to buy one and why?
Berlin - unexpected adventure, Lake Como - lake living, St. Moritz - skiing. Probably not there often enough to buy.
Paris? Really? So American of you to describe it as “old world.” LOL. And the American South is great!
-signed, European
So typical DCUM of you to come onto this thread only to make a snide comment and you're full of crap, you're American. Otherwise you'd say where you're from. I'm guessing Alabama or similar since hit dogs holler. You should appreciate that reference. I'm not the PP btw.
Nope, just a European who can spot an American from a mile away in Europe. We all can. It’s the insecurity.
I'm Swedish. I've never heard anyone actually call themselves European except on this board. I'm inclined to think most of the "Europeans" here that constantly denigrate Americans like this are actually Americans. This weird propensity to refuse to say where you're from. It's really odd.
Also, we're all obviously here in the US and here on this board, so clearly we don't dislike Americans or the US that much or we'd be in the cities, towns, countries we came from.