How Homeownership Changes You

Growing up, Erin Nelson used to make fun of their dad for spending so much time looking out the window at what the neighbors were up to. “Now I’m that person,” Nelson, a 31-year-old who bought their first house a year ago in Portland, Oregon, told me. “I’m always peeking out the window … That’s like my new TV.” Nelson, who uses they/thempronouns, has realized that as a homeowner, their life is bound up with the people next door in a way it never has been before. Read Full Article »