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Sure ok, but over 6 years a starter house going from $19,000 to $30,000 in Dayton is a lot different on the affordability spectrum than an equivalent house goin
by notadoc 7y ago
Sure ok, but over 6 years a starter house going from $19,000 to $30,000 in Dayton is a lot different on the affordability spectrum than an equivalent house going from $300,000 to $900,000 in Seattle.
- notfromhere 7y agoyou're not getting a starter home for 30k in Dayton unless it comes without walls and was a former meth lab.
- 2sk21 7y agoIndeed - even cities like Nashville have seen dramatic increases in home prices in recent years: https://www.nashvillepublicradio.org/post/after-years-surging-nashville-homes-prices-start-plateau#stream/0 https://www.nashvillepublicradio.org/post/after-years-surgin...
- beefalo 7y agoFrom looking at job markets vs cost recently, Nashville came out near the top for me on the list of worst job markets with most expensive housing.
- notadoc 7y agoThere are tons of fixer uppers in Dayton for 10k-30k, look on Zillow 30k isn't even 1/4 of a down payment on a fixer upper on the west coast.