With the arrival of the new vaccine, finally, we are seeing some signs that our lives may begin to return to some form of living as we once knew it. The impact of this virus will in some ways change our lives forever. Now living near our place of employment may no longer be the most important reason for us in choosing where we call home.
Affordable housing, more space, and living in less congested surroundings suddenly influences where and how we choose to live.
Lots of folks, who left the city during the height of the pandemic to go to their second homes found that living in the country has had lots of additional benefits. Some have already decided to make these homes their primary homes. Others are continuing to look for homes in the county. Lots of challenges remain, with local availability of residential homes at historically low levels at only 350 currently active on the market. Not knowing what our future will be, owning a home in the country sure sounds like a smart investment, and a safer option, for many of us who wonder what will come next.
\-Charles “Chuck” Bartolo
