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The tradeoff is that if you make anything resembling Bay Area wages in Kansas City, you can pay off a lovely older house in a walkable neighborhood in two years
by akgerber 9y ago
The tradeoff is that if you make anything resembling Bay Area wages in Kansas City, you can pay off a lovely older house in a walkable neighborhood in two years or so.
- s73ver_ 9y agoThe first wave might. However, I'm guessing housing prices would adjust.
- Apocryphon 9y agoDepends on the geography of the region. Probably easier to expand and densify the KC metro area vs. the Bay Area or SeaTac.
- akgerber 9y agoA midsized city, when willing to sprawl, build upward, or both, will have housing prices that max out around the cost of construction. Have you ever looked at real estate listings in Houston? Plus the supply of cheap walkable neighborhoods in the Midwest is very high.