>I live in podunk Ohio and a single bedroom apartment is still ~$650 per month. I pay $1100 a month rent, no utilities/services included, for a 2 bedroom just

>I live in podunk Ohio and a single bedroom apartment is still ~$650 per month. I pay $1100 a month rent, no utilities/services included, for a 2 bedroom just west of Indianapolis, it's insane. The prices are that though because housing prices keep climbing. Fiance and I are starting to look at homes so we can get pre-approved once she has a teaching contract here and... new construction homes a mile or so from me are starting at 250k for 1 bedroom homes with 2-3 bedroom homes stating around 300k. There's actually a home, bank repo, about 1/4 of a mile from my apartment that they want 320k for in a cookie-cutter addition, with a messed up driveway and exterior damage, that's not even 5-10 years old. The median household income is 59k here... House prices have been climbing like crazy the past several years, but most people can't actually afford them. There are definitely not a lot of jobs around where I live that justify multiple new housing additions with homes at 300-350k a pop. I just don't get it.