The US is less concentrated than Canada, which is probably part of it (more than half of Canadians live in a handful of large metros). Reasonable houses in my

The US is less concentrated than Canada, which is probably part of it (more than half of Canadians live in a handful of large metros). Reasonable houses in my small US town are available for ~$100,000 (there's also listings north of $400,000, it isn't just a lack of economic activity). Probably have to look at the US on a regional basis to do a meaningful analysis.