Comments on: City Girl http://www.decorateyourspace.net/designstrategies/wordpress/2008/11/city-girl/ Create a sense of Place. Decorate Your Space. Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:24:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Denise Smith http://www.decorateyourspace.net/designstrategies/wordpress/2008/11/city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-9721 Denise Smith Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:58:08 +0000 http://www.decorateyourspace.net/designstrategies/wordpress/?p=559#comment-9721 I am with you, girl!!! Maybe someday we can be neighbors! We will go to the library and write, then walk to the coffee shop on the way home to our NYC pads! I am with you, girl!!! Maybe someday we can be neighbors! We will go to the library and write, then walk to the coffee shop on the way home to our NYC pads!

]]> By: Kristi @ Addicted 2 Decorating http://www.decorateyourspace.net/designstrategies/wordpress/2008/11/city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-9693 Kristi @ Addicted 2 Decorating Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:01:15 +0000 http://www.decorateyourspace.net/designstrategies/wordpress/?p=559#comment-9693 Hi Denise~ Thanks for visiting my blog today! Yes, it looks like we were on the same wavelength today. I can tell you hands down I'd rather live in a tiny (but fabulous) condo in the middle of the bustling city than in a McMansion in the burbs. I used to live in Istanbul (a city of about 14 million) and I've never felt so alive! The energy in such a city was tremendous. I moved from there to Corvallis, Oregon, a city of 40,000. Talk about culture shock! I have since longed for life in a big city again. Two years ago, when my husband and I moved from our suburban 2500 square foot house into an 834 square foot condo downtown, my family and friends thought we were crazy. One friend even said, "Well, this is no place to raise children!" And I thought "Why not? People in NYC seem to manage having children, and some of them live in MUCH smaller homes than this. Certainly I can do it here in my average-sized city." My American dream: a 1200 square foot apartment in Manhattan (or another equally exciting big city). Hi Denise~
Thanks for visiting my blog today! Yes, it looks like we were on the same wavelength today. I can tell you hands down I’d rather live in a tiny (but fabulous) condo in the middle of the bustling city than in a McMansion in the burbs. I used to live in Istanbul (a city of about 14 million) and I’ve never felt so alive! The energy in such a city was tremendous. I moved from there to Corvallis, Oregon, a city of 40,000. Talk about culture shock!

I have since longed for life in a big city again. Two years ago, when my husband and I moved from our suburban 2500 square foot house into an 834 square foot condo downtown, my family and friends thought we were crazy. One friend even said, “Well, this is no place to raise children!” And I thought “Why not? People in NYC seem to manage having children, and some of them live in MUCH smaller homes than this. Certainly I can do it here in my average-sized city.”

My American dream: a 1200 square foot apartment in Manhattan (or another equally exciting big city).

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