re: #192 freetoken

$87k/yr may sound high, but for many parts of California, including up there, even a little old cottage goes for $500k.

That’s the thing about “wages” in the US - where you live very dramatically affects the ability to own a house. Here in San Diego most everything is more expensive than in great swaths of this country, but first and foremost is real estate.

That’s one reason I sort of cringe at national minimum wage arguments. A modest apartment (1 bed, 1 bath) around here goes for $1000/mo, and even making $10/hr you can’t afford that.

People who move here to this area from other, more expensive parts of the country cannot believe how much house and/or land they can get for half a million. And that’s high as hell for most of us native to the area where paying $250K can get you a pretty decent place. This is 4 BR, 3 bths, 2325 sq ft: Image: image-24251451-1.jpg

And I pay $550/mo for a well-kept, older 2 BR apt in a quiet, safe area. Most of us have been here several years, some longer.