re: #212 Justanotherhuman

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.

I have a friend in Bloomington IN. She’s got a 2000 sqare foot house, on 3 acres, with a creek running through it… that cost her less than I’d get if I sold my 600 sq ft Manhattan co-op. And her property taxes are less than half my co-op maintenance fee.