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Comment by Avicebron

2 days ago

To be fair 250K homes and under homes are increasingly uncommon and increasingly undesirable. Rural areas with almost zero industry are averaging out at 600-750K. Maybe a bit of a downward trend, but the average salary in the area is like 50K. so it doesn't matter.

>Rural areas with almost zero industry are averaging out at 600-750K.

Where exactly? Not true for the midwest. E.g. (1,2,3)

1. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/933-Atmore-Ct-Indianapoli...

2. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10916-S-Wabash-Ave-Chicag...

3. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3920-15th-Ave-S-Minneapol...

Here's what you might find 20 miles outside boston, this one is 350k:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/55-Emory-St-Brockton-MA-0...

  • While there is certainly some (very) expensive real estate outside of Boston, to a much greater degree than San Francisco, you can actually get a house within a drive for an evening event that's pretty reasonable to a much greater degree than the Bay Area.

"Rural areas with almost zero industry are averaging out at 600-750K."

Source? This is completely inconsistent with my experience.