K cups are too small for seed starters. I garden from seed every year.
Unless you can re-purpose 365 K-cups a year, ever single year, (drinking just 1 cup a day) K-cups are not eco-anything. Environmentally conscious friends will just be appalled you use K-cups, and you will appear ignorant. The are un-recyclable. Your yearly little K-cups, along with the other billions used each year, will be sitting in a landfill for perhaps a century.
K-cups average out to about $30/lb for coffee. This is neither sweet, not savvy. It is advisable to do research before writing an article, and not just jot down ideas you heard in a conversation, or dreamt up while drinking expensive, eco-disaster coffee.
We now own a home, but were renting a house for about 2 years. I can cover both sides of this fence. We had a great experience with our landlord and haven't had any issues with purchasing, so I only have great things to say about both. We purchased because it financially made sense ($300 savings per month) and we are a growing family (working on our 2nd child). Having a place that we can customize for our own family and have some stability made a lot of sense. Renting was good as well. We were able to travel a bit more and didn't really need to worry about a lot of financial burden. Any repairs were on the landlord and the yard wasn't a huge concern. Now we have to deal with all repairs and HOA rules about how the yard is to look. I love our house and can't imagine going back to Renting unless something horrible happened. Below I've made a quick Pro/Cons list. Hope this helps people. We didn't rent an apartment as a family, so no list for that.
Owning:
Pros: IT'S YOURS, stability, equity, security, customizable, long term, Pets, for us a lower monthly note
Cons: Repairs, general maintenance, insurance (flood, fire, home, wind, etc.), mortgage obligation, don't like your neighbors? can't move immediately
Renting:
Pros: Not Yours, lower risk, short term, cheaper insurance (contents only), sometimes cheaper, don't like neighbors? move,
Cons: Failure of landlord might cause you to lose your dwelling, possible bad landlord, deposits, pet policies (might be allowed, but for fees generally), low growth potential, no equity
I own my home. It's 60 years old, so I guess a con would be that sometimes things break spontaneously, and then I have to fix them. This eats into my leisure time.
There are many more pros than cons for me. I love the amount of space I have. I love the flexibility: if I want to push a wall out, I can. I bought this house for the opportunity to greenify it, so I'm having a lot of fun making green plans. Also, it's great living in a neighborhood where everyone is invested in staying there for a long time. I'm learning a lot from my older neighbors, and it's just nice to live somewhere clean and be surrounded by people who care.
We own. The fact that we're building equity rather than paying a landlord, and that the interest is deductible are the biggest advantages. Though we're responsible for our own maintenance, at least that means things get fixed in a timely manner because we don't have to wait for a landlord to send someone over. On the "con" side, our equity and ability to sell are tied to the ups and downs of the market.
I am living at my parents while I save up the money to buy a house in the city for cash. Most of the people I know think I am crazy, they are probably right!
We rent. We don't have the money (or the credit) to buy. The pros for us are: flexibility - we aren't tied to a house that we can't sell if the market is bad or if jobs/schools or other opportunities come along that we have to move for; maintenance and taxes are taken care of - I'm starting a PhD program this fall we can't afford to put a new roof on a house or for a new furnace; the process is shorter and quicker - we don't have the paperwork and timing that buying a house requires. Our current landlord is very flexible so we can (within reason) decorate our rental house however we like and have a garden, ect. But we do miss the stability of having our own home and our rent money isn't going towards an investment. We have had discussions about how great the market is right now to buy so we wish we had the money to invest in a house but for now we have a small one bedroom house that meets our needs.
We own our home. Correction...we are paying to one day own the home we're living in. =) Pros - basically I like that it is ours and we have all of the say about our property. We don't have to check in with anyone to make changes. Cons - all of the problems are ours too. Plus if we needed to up and leave due to a job change or something similar, we have to deal with selling it rather than just getting out of or finishing up a lease.
I rented for years but moved into my boyfriend's suburban condo last year. We've learned that condo life is what we want; no exterior maintenance but the freedom to modify the inside of the home. Soon we'll be moving to a condo downtown and are very excited. You really have to do the math to make sure the HOA fees are worth it and the common areas you care about are adequately addressed, but condo life is a great compromise.
Rent. I've heard its not as cost effective, but would love to see a breakdown of the costs.
K cups are too small for seed starters. I garden from seed every year.
Unless you can re-purpose 365 K-cups a year, ever single year, (drinking just 1 cup a day) K-cups are not eco-anything. Environmentally conscious friends will just be appalled you use K-cups, and you will appear ignorant. The are un-recyclable. Your yearly little K-cups, along with the other billions used each year, will be sitting in a landfill for perhaps a century.
K-cups average out to about $30/lb for coffee. This is neither sweet, not savvy. It is advisable to do research before writing an article, and not just jot down ideas you heard in a conversation, or dreamt up while drinking expensive, eco-disaster coffee.
I just bought a house in January after renting for several years -- I got a great price!
https://twitter.com/edwil/status/230338585100951552
@edwil @wisebread #WBAsk I own my home
We now own a home, but were renting a house for about 2 years. I can cover both sides of this fence. We had a great experience with our landlord and haven't had any issues with purchasing, so I only have great things to say about both. We purchased because it financially made sense ($300 savings per month) and we are a growing family (working on our 2nd child). Having a place that we can customize for our own family and have some stability made a lot of sense. Renting was good as well. We were able to travel a bit more and didn't really need to worry about a lot of financial burden. Any repairs were on the landlord and the yard wasn't a huge concern. Now we have to deal with all repairs and HOA rules about how the yard is to look. I love our house and can't imagine going back to Renting unless something horrible happened. Below I've made a quick Pro/Cons list. Hope this helps people. We didn't rent an apartment as a family, so no list for that.
Owning:
Pros: IT'S YOURS, stability, equity, security, customizable, long term, Pets, for us a lower monthly note
Cons: Repairs, general maintenance, insurance (flood, fire, home, wind, etc.), mortgage obligation, don't like your neighbors? can't move immediately
Renting:
Pros: Not Yours, lower risk, short term, cheaper insurance (contents only), sometimes cheaper, don't like neighbors? move,
Cons: Failure of landlord might cause you to lose your dwelling, possible bad landlord, deposits, pet policies (might be allowed, but for fees generally), low growth potential, no equity
I left my comment on Facebook.
I own my home. It's 60 years old, so I guess a con would be that sometimes things break spontaneously, and then I have to fix them. This eats into my leisure time.
There are many more pros than cons for me. I love the amount of space I have. I love the flexibility: if I want to push a wall out, I can. I bought this house for the opportunity to greenify it, so I'm having a lot of fun making green plans. Also, it's great living in a neighborhood where everyone is invested in staying there for a long time. I'm learning a lot from my older neighbors, and it's just nice to live somewhere clean and be surrounded by people who care.
I own my home. But I love renting. It's so much less work.
I own a home so I can have a dog (and foster dogs). :)
We own. The fact that we're building equity rather than paying a landlord, and that the interest is deductible are the biggest advantages. Though we're responsible for our own maintenance, at least that means things get fixed in a timely manner because we don't have to wait for a landlord to send someone over. On the "con" side, our equity and ability to sell are tied to the ups and downs of the market.
I liked you on facebook
I am living at my parents while I save up the money to buy a house in the city for cash. Most of the people I know think I am crazy, they are probably right!
own it . 20 years now
rent
We rent. We don't have the money (or the credit) to buy. The pros for us are: flexibility - we aren't tied to a house that we can't sell if the market is bad or if jobs/schools or other opportunities come along that we have to move for; maintenance and taxes are taken care of - I'm starting a PhD program this fall we can't afford to put a new roof on a house or for a new furnace; the process is shorter and quicker - we don't have the paperwork and timing that buying a house requires. Our current landlord is very flexible so we can (within reason) decorate our rental house however we like and have a garden, ect. But we do miss the stability of having our own home and our rent money isn't going towards an investment. We have had discussions about how great the market is right now to buy so we wish we had the money to invest in a house but for now we have a small one bedroom house that meets our needs.
I liked you on Facebook.
I rent an apartment in Seattle. Can't afford to buy just yet!
rent
We own our home. Correction...we are paying to one day own the home we're living in. =) Pros - basically I like that it is ours and we have all of the say about our property. We don't have to check in with anyone to make changes. Cons - all of the problems are ours too. Plus if we needed to up and leave due to a job change or something similar, we have to deal with selling it rather than just getting out of or finishing up a lease.
I like you on FB too. :)
We own our home. My parents still live in the house I was born in, and I'd like that to be the case for my kids too if at all possible.
I rented for years but moved into my boyfriend's suburban condo last year. We've learned that condo life is what we want; no exterior maintenance but the freedom to modify the inside of the home. Soon we'll be moving to a condo downtown and are very excited. You really have to do the math to make sure the HOA fees are worth it and the common areas you care about are adequately addressed, but condo life is a great compromise.
We "own" although owing twice as much as our house is currently worth I'd say the banks own our house more than we do at this point. :(
I'm already a Facebook fan
side note: when I tried to comment earlier, it said my captcha was reused..odd.
I own my home and enjoy the freedom it gives me to have a place to call my own as well as somthing I can make uniquely my own.
I also tweeted my response
https://twitter.com/queenofgarlands/status/230335334238543872