Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: -MZ- on September 30, 2004, 01:24:23 PM
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Kind of interesting to note the 'red' and 'blue' state comparison.
Most expensive Housing
Rank City 2004 average sales price
1 La Jolla, CA $1.71 million
2 Beverly Hills CA 1.31 million
3 Santa Barbara CA 1.23 million
4 Palo Alto CA 1.21 million
5 Greenwich, Conn. 1.19 million
6 Newport Beach, CA 1.17 million
7 San Mateo, CA 1.14 million
8 San Francisco, CA 1.13 million
9 Wellesley, Mass. 1.10 million
10 Kailua Kona, Hawaii 1.08 million
Cheapest housing
The top 10 most affordable homes are located in these cities:
Rank City 2004 average sales price
1 Minot, N.D. $130,300
2 Great Falls, Mont. 130,525
3 Arlington, Texas 134,550
4 Billings, Mont. 134,650
5 Killeen, Texas 136,750
6 Tulsa, Okla. 138,250
7 Topeka, Kan. 141,850
8 Parkersburg, W.V. 144,000
9 Cadillac, Mich. 145,000
10 Knoxville, Tenn. 145,696
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117,829 ra's house $4.35
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The average purchase price for a single family 2-3 bedroom dwelling house for non-Bermudians is US$2.5 million. For Bermudians it has soared to nearly $1 million, of average size 0.25 acre.
:eek:
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I'd kill for a 1/4 acre!
OK, maybe maim.
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Come rake my acre 3-4 times this fall, MT, you will change your mind.
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Don't you have "undocumented workers" in Texas?
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Yeah, but instead of hiring illegals, I just do something illegal before I rake the leaves.
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Good grief that makes my $197,000 that I just paid for a 3 bedroom (for about two more weeks) 2 bath with a full basement and a half acre lot seem affordable. This time next year I will have a newly remodeled kitchen in the house along with another bathroom so it will gain about $40-50k in price along with the redone back yard which is nothing but ivy at this time.
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'Reds' are more civilized and less violent, making them better neighbors..?
Just a guess....
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Houses and automobiles are two things which are disgustingly overpriced nowdays.
At least I can still get somewhat affordable land in WVa.
J_A_B
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I just sold my home in Los Angeles for $830,000 ($400k mortgage) and bought a new home in Springfield, OR for $220,000. There has got to be a levelling out point, or a bubble bursting eventually. These prices in LA just aren't sustainable.
Nice part of the transaction, all debt is gone, paid off the pizza biz, and looking at buying an apartment building so I can use my money to make more money.
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...and you don't even have to live in helLA anymore! Damn, that's like winning the lottery! :D
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Damn Chairboy! You mean someone actually paid you to get out of California?
Christ, I would have done it at a loss...
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heh heh heh
I'm really sad to leave Cali, it's a great place. Los Angeles, specifically, has been very good to me.
Points:
1. The weather is always nice. I lived in Culver City, lots of sunshine, no oppressive heat because the ocean is nearby.
2. My commute was 10-15 minutes, so traffic wasn't a problem. Anytime I went out far, I either was smart enough to plan the right time to avoid traffic or take my motorcycle where I could
3. ...drive between the lanes legally. Can't do that in Oregon.
4. Location^3. I was within an hour of beach, mountain climbing, skiing in snow, swimming, riding horses, desert, forests, etc. It was like I was living in a tampon commercial. I've never lived anywhere as versatile or beautiful as SoCal.
5. Visceral thrills. When I watch TV or movies, I recognize places that I've been to, even places that I was driving just that morning. It might sound trite, but there's can be a real thrill to connecting real locations you're personally familiar with with stories on TV & film. I grew up in Seattle and Eugene, and that just doesn't happen.
6. EVERYTHING is available here. Specialty electronics stores, any concert I would want to see, any bar, etc. There are more malls then people, there are DISTRICTS. By districts, I mean 'jewelry districts', 'flower districts', 'hot dog' districts. Anything you want, there's a freakin district where everyone is trying to undersell each other, so you win. Stuff is cheap if you bother to look around.
7. You can get any food you want, with any level of authenticity you want. In Eugene, eating vietnamese food means putting soy sauce on your taco supreme. In LA, you can optionally get real dog. I'm not saying I like eating spaniel, but... it's there.
I gotta run (all the gang members come out between commercials during prime time) but other then that, there are a million other reasons so many people live in LA.
It's just great if you're not an idiot.