# House or apartment? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 24, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-apartment/669563 "2013-09-24T03:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-apartment/669563/21 "2013-09-24T20:39:33Z")
I own a house (okay, the bank owns it…) and rent an apartment. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-apartment/669563/22 "2013-09-24T20:42:05Z")
I own most of a house and some land. Someday I’ll own either a condo and an RV or lots more land somewhere cooler with a hand-built cabin on it. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-apartment/669563/23 "2013-09-24T22:29:57Z")
I own an apartment / flat. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-apartment/669563/24 "2013-09-24T23:07:52Z")
I voted for “I Own A House”, but it’s not paid for; so the bank owns it, and I’m currently paying for it. Anyone want to buy it? Ethilrist! ( pronounced: “Newman!”) ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-apartment/669563/25 "2013-09-25T17:57:51Z")
Own a two-bedroom townhouse. Already did the homeowner w/yard thing for 30 years and have no desire to do it again ever. I hate yard work. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-apartment/669563/26 "2013-09-25T19:44:06Z")
Own a townhouse. The best of both worlds. No upstairs/downstairs neighbors, but no yardwork or outdoor maintenance, either. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-apartment/669563/27 "2013-09-25T20:05:45Z")
Own my modest single family home (or as other have said, the bank owns it). ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-apartment/669563/28 "2013-09-25T21:40:37Z")
Own a house and 13 acres. I’ve never actually rented - I lived with family (my parents, then my sister) until I bought my first house. I can’t imagine renting would work well for me. I have large dogs and little patience for noise. StG [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-apartment/669563.md?page=1)