We both come from small towns near the highway in Saxony and Thuringia. When moving in together, we thought about where we wanted to live. My wife needed a larger company for her job, I was relatively flexible regarding changing jobs, so it was clear that we had to move somewhere near a bigger city. That actually meant many regions in Germany were possible options. We then consciously decided on the region around Dresden and first moved into a very remote house in the countryside, which was already in her family’s possession. Since we drove early in the morning and in the evening by car, there were no shops in the village, and we did not even have contact with neighbors outside our own property. Even though it might be idyllic, this remoteness was not for either of us, and later we would have had to drive our child everywhere. On the other hand, a big city would not have been our thing either. Since we also often drove on the highway to visit family, we searched for used properties in small towns near the highway around Dresden. Although we never wanted to build and also did not look for plots, by chance we became aware of a new, still unsold development area exactly in our desired region and immediately took the opportunity. That’s how we ended up building after all, even though we never wanted to build ourselves. Our child now has almost the same route to the daycare, kindergarten, elementary school, and secondary school or grammar school. Doctors and shops are all in town. There is also a regular bus connection to Dresden. What more could you want.