One of the things I've noticed at my new place in Dallas is the pain in my leg muscles. I'm finding the difference between living in a one-story home in suburbia and a three level condo in the city is this unwitting exercise.
One-floor living has its appeal, and certainly such real estate is also available in the city, primarily in high-rise buildings. With one floor, everything is pretty accessible. Leave your keys or wallet on the third floor and you'll discover how convenient one-floor living was.
But there's also this notion of exercise. We hear a lot about how living in a dense urban environment with amenities accessible by walking is good for the waist line and for health, but what about living where you're forced to go up and down stairs on a regular basis? I do remember reading somewhere that every flight of stairs climbed adds the time it takes to climb them to your life span.
Okay, so what if you are spending the extra time climbing stairs?
The notion of aging in place has also entered my stream of thought on this. Working in real estate, I've gone into many homes where you can see through the furnishings and objects how the physical range has gotten smaller and smaller as time went on. On one hand, choosing to live on a single level can insure the ability to stay in a home longer as we age, but what if those stairs keep us healthy longer?
Which is better, staying somewhere longer or staying healthy longer?
The notion of aging in place has also entered my stream of thought on this. Working in real estate, I've gone into many homes where you can see through the furnishings and objects how the physical range has gotten smaller and smaller as time went on. On one hand, choosing to live on a single level can insure the ability to stay in a home longer as we age, but what if those stairs keep us healthy longer?
Which is better, staying somewhere longer or staying healthy longer?
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