Home Is Where the Family Is

By Lingxiao Li

Nowadays, even though mortgage rates have been dropped, many families are still struggle making their payments. Maybe it's the time to buy a smaller house since children all grew up and moved out. Stave (Steve Yoder is chief of The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau) said "Home to this particular house, I mean, and this town. I ask because Karen and I are starting to talk of downsizing. That talk often leads us, naturally, to sub-Saharan Africa. And then I worry about Isaac's rootedness, now that he's off at college." The house is too big. We bought it for two adults, three boys, a pooch and a lizard. We're down to the adults, one boy and an aging dog. We seldom use 1,000 of our 2,500 square feet, but we still pay the mortgage and taxes and upkeep on those unused squares. This is the family's choice whether they should move out or not.The Bay Area is expensive, mainly because of the reasons they love it-it's a cultural center with natural beauty. And it's even more expensive if you're living in a house that's too big for you. "So, while I'll always have a place in my heart for the Bay Area, I wouldn't object to a move. You have to let go of childhood sometime." As Thomas Wolfe wrote, "the womb from which mankind emerged into the light, forever pulls one back – but … you can't go home again."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125884133113659291.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125884133113659291.html#articleTabs%3Darticle
http://commerce.wsj.com/auth