Literary website Word Riot published a very insightful essay by The King Princess explaining why no one should live in a castle. An excerpt:
The table settings are built to accomodate 350 - 400 guests, but you will have no friends. If you think it's tough to get to Wicker Park from Uptown, forget about a castle. There are no busses. Cabbies will scoff. No one will ever come to Sunday brunch or a weekday dinner party for the rest of your life. They will perpetually be "hungover." It's near impossible to get a girl home from the bar. FedEx will not deliver without a significant surcharge. You will dine alone, always, and there will only be mutton.Read the whole thing very carefully, then call your real estate agent right away to withdraw the offer you made on that ridiculous castle before it's too late.
