Kit, come to Fresno. We are probably the only city in the largest 100 of this country which is actually building just as many really nice rental units as other housing units. Don't know how we got it right, nothing else here ever seems thought out.
You definitely don't want to live in a condominium development if you can help it. They are universally governed by Murphy's Law: If anything can possibly go wrong, it will. Condos also attract incompetent and demented people who get themselves elected to the Homeowners Board due to the apathy of the majority of the residents and seem to be permanently installed, right where they can do the most harm to the most people. Your own home will become a prison, unless you surrender your mind and any ambitions you might have had for beauty, justice, and fiscal responsibility by the people you are forced to hand over your monthly dues to
