I am sitting in a coffee shop and the people next to me are have a sales meeting. I am not sure what exactly they are selling but I think it might be real estate. For some reason I hate them, it might be their pant suits, it might be their mugs of macha, but I think it is the number of times they have used the words growth, share, and incentive. I am not specifically against any of those things however I can not help feel that my home (Victoria) is full of these people) and they are sucking things dry. Lately I have been reevaluating a lot of things, how I want to live, where to live, etc... I have not come to any major conclusions but I have come to a few small ones,
1) Call me judgmental but I do not want to be like the people sitting next to me, I have just managed to figure out that they do not work in real-estate, but they work in pharmaceuticals, I am not sure if that is better or worse.
2) The second thing I am pretty sure of is that I want to live in a Yurt. When people think of Yurts they immediately think of nomadic mongols huddling inside a fur covered tent somewhere near the Gobi dessert. I assure you that although this model works for alot of mongols I don't have enough sheep to make even the smallest yurt, thankfully there are some beautiful yurts being produced in North America by a company called Pacific Yurts (unsurprisingly they are produced in Oregon
It seems that the modern Yurt might offer a good lifestyle in the right rural environment. It seems that a decent sized Yurt can be purchased for between 15000 and 20000, Although this might seem expensive for a tent Yurts can be comfortable lived in year round.
I realise that I am probably a few years away from being able to live in a yurt, however it is something I am seriously considering. Living in a Yurt seems to be a viable option for someone that is concerned about things like their ecological footprint and cost. these things matter to me, and I am tired of the whole realestate scramble. Although you would still have to find a place to pitch your yurt, it seems like that would be alot easier and cheaper than buying a whole house, but who knows?
