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So we found this house.... it's pretty, it's very large, it's in move-in shape (though it could stand a few fiddly things like water-seal on the deck, and we would need to make sure the house inspector isn't seeing things we're missing). The catch is, it's in Framingham.

jducoeur posted in his journal that we are dithering. Unfortunately, it seems that most of the comments seem to be non-supportive of our moving out there. Waaaah!

I readily admit, we would already have earnest money on this house if it were closer in. No question, if it were in Waltham, or Watertown, we'd be all over it. (Though in Waltham, I think it would be in the upper 7s or low 8s in price.) Would our friends really not come to Framingham? Don't they already not visit us, and if so, does it matter if they still don't? We want to entertain - will we be refused?

More dither.

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[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Wadsworth House is The Post-Revel Place. It's practically a given at this point

Currently. The Post Revel Place used to be Sir Michael's house in Concord. Or the original Windsmeet apartment. Or any of several other places. It goes in waves. Someday, some other place will be The Post Revel Place - whether that's us or somebody who comes along after us.

We have no intention of undercutting Wadsworth. We enjoy going there. We hope the folks who live there will sometimes enjoy coming to our place.

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

They don't necessarily love being the default either. Having a horde of people descend for an unplanned party isn't always fun, and breaking up the idea that there was one default place might be good. They have plenty of planned parties as well.

Actually, given the locations it seems not unlikely that we will get a town and country division, where people are more likely to go to them for in-town events, but more likely to go to you for events farther out, since you'll be on the way back for many.

[jducoeur]

As I said in my reply to hfcougar, I suspect that I'd co-ordinate with Troy in exactly that respect, and plan for us to hold post-revels that are out in that direction. I'd rather not split the crowd (I enjoy the Wadsworth parties myself), but picking and choosing events as appropriate makes a lot of sense...