In the real world I’d take the mountain house. In a fantasy world where rising sea levels aren’t. Thing to worry about I’d take the beach house.
I like mountains fine but the sea calms my soul like nothing else.
the sea calms my soul
As long as you don’t look under the surface.
Oceans be scary. (but still great, that’s why I joined the navy once)
In your lifetime, rising sea levels won’t be an issue. In your kids lifetime is a different story, but we still got another 50+ years before sea levels will rise to a significant degree.
Is that true? I regularly see on the news that the climate changes faster than the scientists expected and that they have to adjust their models.
No, it’s not true. Rising sea levels are causing an increase in storms and danger which have already started taking out beach property.
mountain house, immediately
Even without the hot tub but especially with.
Initially, I imagined it’s a cozy cottage in the middle of nowhere, but then I remembered that Switzerland exists. You could totally have some shops only a few tram stops away.
Definitely not the beach house. I’m kinda torn between the other two. Pools are a ton of maintenance time and/or cost. I could heat a pool, but I can’t swim in a hottub. Short term, mountains could be cut off or impassable in (probably much longer than at lower elevations) winter. Long term, it might be the better pick for climate change, but not if there’s no community around it.
Not having a community around it would increase the appeal for me, actually!
My thinking is that if climate change got bad enough to matter, you’re probably not bopping down to the market and maybe no fuel available to really go far
Becoming a mountain hermit is one of my pipe dreams, so easily the mountain. Hot tub is irrelevant but I guess if it’s included I’ll take it.
Mountain one. The tub would sit unused, but the hot water would be useful
Could I get a mountain house without a hot tub? I don’t want to have to maintain one of those petri dishes.
Beach house, without question. I spent my summers growing up on a lake. Every day I woke up to the light reflecting onto the ceiling from the waves. I fell asleep listening to waves lapping at the seawall. It’s probably the most content and relaxed I’ve ever been. Could just be nostalgia for a life (and the teenage lifestyle) and people long gone, but to live that way again when I retire is my fondest wish. Probably out of reach, but I can dream.
Lots of fucking spiders on and in a beach house, though, lol. I still have nightmares about the way you’d sometimes open the sliding glass door and three or four fat ones would immediately drop down, I guess drawn by the temperature difference? So listen, beach houses are fucking awful. None of you should want one. If you have one, you probably want to leave. I’d be willing to take it off your hands at a discount.
Mountain house with a hot tub. Climate change and rising water levels makes a beachfront house a poor idea, and nobody sane would want to live in suburbia. You won’t have to deal with a HOA in the mountains, and who doesn’t want a hot tub with a magnificent view?
Soon the mountain house might be a beach house and crowded neighborhood.
Yeah, but figurative drowning still beats the literal kind. Barely.
Mountain house without a hot tub. Although I’d accept a natural hot spring in the garden.
Is the house with a pool in a swamp, or possibly a bog?
Because you’re a witch?
Whichever is easiest to get groceries to.
I really wanted a cottage on an island in a lake in Ontario or Finland but getting food and stuff there is such a pain.
Mountain house, more things to do(gardens etc) and of course relax.
Mountain house with a hot tub. Hands down. Assuming I am the one purchasing the property with my own money, of course.
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Beach House: The beach gets boring after a while. Beachfront property cost 2-3 times more than comparable property.
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House with a pool: Pools get crazy boring after a while. It’s just a hole in the ground with water in it. A house with a pool is cheaper than a beach house so assuming you have the same amount of money you get way more house for the same money. Better than a beach house, but a pool, specifically an in-ground pool is a permanent commitment. I have a pool. Nobody uses it. I just maintain it.
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Mountain house with a hot tub: Have you been to the mountains? Holy crap. It’s BEAUTIFUL. Also, just like the house with a pool, you can afford waaay more house than some dinky beachfront house for the same money. Also, when you get bored with the hot tub, just tear it out and put in a nice fire pit.
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Mountain house and in pretty indifferent about the hot tub. I just want to be in the mountains.
A beach house since it’s less maintenance than pool house. I wouldn’t do mountain house though since I don’t live in a place that has them, and when I’ve visited places that do, I’ve always gotten dizzy and sick from the high altitude.
Beach house — less maintenance…?
Lol.
Salt eats everything, moisture rots it all, sand has no concept of personal space and will grit and invade everything.
Unless the beach house is at least 3 to 5km away from the shore, you will spend a ton of time and money in constant repairs and maintenance.
