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Just post the typical cost of a 3 bedroom house in your area and watch the bay area folk get depressed.

by dminor 13y ago

gocards 13y ago
115k
- iguana 13y ago
  That won't even buy an exploded meth lab in the bay area.
  - ruswick 13y ago
    Come to think of it, that's probably less than one week of groceries from Whole Foods.
sliverstorm 13y ago
There was an article just recently, average SF house price just hit $1M
- omphalos 13y ago
  Median is more informative than the mean with this sort of thing
  - sliverstorm 13y ago
    That was actually my mistake, sorry! It was in fact median, not mean. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2013/05/median-home-price-hits-1-million-in.html http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/201...
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- signifiers 13y ago
  I hear this argument all the time, but let's get real. A million dollars in Berkeley isn't exactly a dump: http://www.ziprealty.com/property/6905-NORFOLK-RD-BERKELEY-CA-94705/3655873/detail http://www.ziprealty.com/property/6905-NORFOLK-RD-BERKELEY-C... this isn't too shabby either: http://www.ziprealty.com/property/42-MAIN-ST-SAN-QUENTIN-CA-94964/7039064/detail http://www.ziprealty.com/property/42-MAIN-ST-SAN-QUENTIN-CA-... Now, I'll grant you, Palo Alto and San Mateo have a fair number of unexceptional ranch homes in this region, but it's bullshit to claim that you have to spend $1M to secure a minimally-decent family home in the Bay area. Edit: Little bit of reality here (like $500K+ homes in San Mateo, and rentals in the $2,500-3,500/mo range): http://www.zillow.com/homes/san-mateo,-ca_rb/ http://www.zillow.com/homes/san-mateo,-ca_rb/ http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Palo-Alto-CA/26374_rid/zesta_sort/37.495699,-121.970043,37.267632,-122.301006_rect/11_zm/2_p/1_fr/ http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Palo-Alto-CA/26374_rid/...
  - sliverstorm 13y ago
    1) The article is talking about SF specifically, not Bay Area. 2) Of course you don't have to spend a million dollars to buy a place in SF if the median price is one million. Half the houses for sale obviously cost less than one million.
  - davidjnelson 13y ago
    Not true. San Mateo, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, greater than 1,200 sq. feet house, greater than 2,000 sq. feet yard, built after 1980, not a foreclosure, sold in last 90 days, least expensive home... $900,000. http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/San-Mateo-CA/fsba,fsbo,new_lt/house_type/13699_rid/3-_beds/2-_baths/90_days/1200-_size/2000-_lot/1980-_built/0_pnd/priced_sort/37.604372,-122.224874,37.500261,-122.405291_rect/12_zm/0_mmm/1_rs/ http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/San-Mateo-CA/fsba,fsbo,...

Just post the typical cost of a 3 bedroom house in your area and watch the bay area folk get depressed.

by dminor 13y ago

Just post the typical cost of a 3 bedroom house in your area and watch the bay area folk get depressed.

gocards 13y ago

115k

iguana 13y ago
That won't even buy an exploded meth lab in the bay area.
- ruswick 13y ago
  Come to think of it, that's probably less than one week of groceries from Whole Foods.

sliverstorm 13y ago

There was an article just recently, average SF house price just hit $1M

omphalos 13y ago
Median is more informative than the mean with this sort of thing
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  That was actually my mistake, sorry! It was in fact median, not mean. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2013/05/median-home-price-hits-1-million-in.html http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/201...
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signifiers 13y ago
I hear this argument all the time, but let's get real. A million dollars in Berkeley isn't exactly a dump: http://www.ziprealty.com/property/6905-NORFOLK-RD-BERKELEY-CA-94705/3655873/detail http://www.ziprealty.com/property/6905-NORFOLK-RD-BERKELEY-C... this isn't too shabby either: http://www.ziprealty.com/property/42-MAIN-ST-SAN-QUENTIN-CA-94964/7039064/detail http://www.ziprealty.com/property/42-MAIN-ST-SAN-QUENTIN-CA-... Now, I'll grant you, Palo Alto and San Mateo have a fair number of unexceptional ranch homes in this region, but it's bullshit to claim that you have to spend $1M to secure a minimally-decent family home in the Bay area. Edit: Little bit of reality here (like $500K+ homes in San Mateo, and rentals in the $2,500-3,500/mo range): http://www.zillow.com/homes/san-mateo,-ca_rb/ http://www.zillow.com/homes/san-mateo,-ca_rb/ http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Palo-Alto-CA/26374_rid/zesta_sort/37.495699,-121.970043,37.267632,-122.301006_rect/11_zm/2_p/1_fr/ http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Palo-Alto-CA/26374_rid/...
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  1) The article is talking about SF specifically, not Bay Area. 2) Of course you don't have to spend a million dollars to buy a place in SF if the median price is one million. Half the houses for sale obviously cost less than one million.
- davidjnelson 13y ago
  Not true. San Mateo, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, greater than 1,200 sq. feet house, greater than 2,000 sq. feet yard, built after 1980, not a foreclosure, sold in last 90 days, least expensive home... $900,000. http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/San-Mateo-CA/fsba,fsbo,new_lt/house_type/13699_rid/3-_beds/2-_baths/90_days/1200-_size/2000-_lot/1980-_built/0_pnd/priced_sort/37.604372,-122.224874,37.500261,-122.405291_rect/12_zm/0_mmm/1_rs/ http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/San-Mateo-CA/fsba,fsbo,...