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Well, I was thinking of Canada. I found quite a few nice, basic houses (by this, I mean a place you can actually live in, not reno projects) for around $60K USD

Well, I was thinking of Canada. I found quite a few nice, basic houses (by this, I mean a place you can actually live in, not reno projects) for around $60K USD. I'm talking about sparse provinces like Saskatchewan. I also found some now with a quick search in Alabama (US) for around $70K. Check out sparsely populated, small places in the US, and search for small houses. Hey, I never said it would be a mansion.

frfl 3y ago
Houses under 100k CAD are either - So far away from a major (by Canadian standards) city you're basically living in the middle of nowhere - Run down and you're looking at 100k in renovations and upgrades - Unless you're working remotely or are already well off, there are no well paying jobs out in the middle of nowhere - Education is an issue: far away from schools for kids and only southern BC, southern Ontario, southern Quebec have high ranking universities/colleges Any house in a desirable location is out of reach for many people. More and more people are now looking further out, thus driving prices higher in those locations as well. I don't think these people are looking to necessarily move out into the middle of Saskatchewan or other middle-Canada provinces where they can get those 100k homes for the reasons listed above.
- swader999 3y ago
  100k house in Canada is a mobile home.
  - frfl 3y ago
    Not really. There are actual homes, but they're old and no where close to major cities Couple of examples https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25857143/101-galway-street-limerick https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25857143/101-galway-stree... https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25917262/323-pottery-street-eastend https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25917262/323-pottery-stre... https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25938347/3-pacholok-avenue-ethelbert-r31?view=imagelist https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25938347/3-pacholok-avenu...
    - red-iron-pine 3y ago
      honestly id rather have the mobile home, easier to fix, probably closer to stuff i want [insert meth joke here], and i don't have to worry about the foundation flooding.

frfl 3y ago

Houses under 100k CAD are either - So far away from a major (by Canadian standards) city you're basically living in the middle of nowhere - Run down and you're looking at 100k in renovations and upgrades - Unless you're working remotely or are already well off, there are no well paying jobs out in the middle of nowhere - Education is an issue: far away from schools for kids and only southern BC, southern Ontario, southern Quebec have high ranking universities/colleges Any house in a desirable location is out of reach for many people. More and more people are now looking further out, thus driving prices higher in those locations as well. I don't think these people are looking to necessarily move out into the middle of Saskatchewan or other middle-Canada provinces where they can get those 100k homes for the reasons listed above.

swader999 3y ago
100k house in Canada is a mobile home.
- frfl 3y ago
  Not really. There are actual homes, but they're old and no where close to major cities Couple of examples https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25857143/101-galway-street-limerick https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25857143/101-galway-stree... https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25917262/323-pottery-street-eastend https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25917262/323-pottery-stre... https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25938347/3-pacholok-avenue-ethelbert-r31?view=imagelist https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25938347/3-pacholok-avenu...
  - red-iron-pine 3y ago
    honestly id rather have the mobile home, easier to fix, probably closer to stuff i want [insert meth joke here], and i don't have to worry about the foundation flooding.