Yeah, this one stretches the definition of maintenance.

Washington for me. Neither are really my bag but Washington is closer.

Neither location or house really appeal to me much. East Coast bias gives Rhode Island an advantage but the Washington home is more my speed.

I don't know. I guess I'd go Seattle but I can't see myself voting for either of these in the next round.

I'd move to a different one every month just for fun. It would give me something to do for years.

RI for me

washingtons way too loony

The wine stays with the house in Seattle, right? Both have some really cool features, but I think I'd get tired of the RI Skipper and Bitsy thing. Seattle has more temperate weather and seems a little more homey, so I'll take WA.

exactly. Plus the stylized pictures in the listing really turned me off. I don't understand why realtors have to go all HDR on these photos.

You guys are invited to my first Gatsby party.

Rhode Island looks like something straight out of the Gilded Age with ghosts of robber barons. Definitely not my style. Providence has some mean Portuguese Chourico Stew, which in my opinion is the single best comfort food dish on the planet, but not a whole lot else.

It would be the Washington house and Seattle area for me.

Washington for me. I can’t quite tell but on Rhode Island it doesn’t even seem like an ocean front property.

I must say, I'm surprised at how this heat is going. Washington is great, but I thought that few would pass up a Newport castle. I figured Washington would make a good showing but that Rhode Island would win rather handily.

I think the absence of furniture in the RI house really contributes to a cold feel.

This shows the importance of "staging" to evoke a feeling of homeyness.

Good point. It would cost a fortune to fully stage a house like that, but even if they did three or four rooms it would help to visualize the place.

Furniture, artwork and heating that damn RI mausoleum would be WAY over the stipend. Yeah, parking a used Ford Festiva out front might be embarrassing.

Love Washington as a whole, but a castle is too much to pass up. Will have to go with the Rhode Island one.

I'll be honest, I have an irrational hatred of parquet flooring.