[MarkeyD]

I live here, you don't. You were here once in July. I have a different take on it than you do.

That looks like a house you would see in the "North End" near downtown Boise. That's where all the liberals live. It's considered (by yuppy libs) to be a prime place to live in Boise which is why they have the asking price they do.

Seeing them on the computer, and seeing them in person are very different.
Maybe, but not much.

So you never answered the question, do you require acres of land to be happy? Is that what you need for your "privacy"?

[Jigsaw John]

So you never answered the question, do you require acres of land to be happy? Is that what you need for your "privacy"?

I'll be as honest as I can.

Our first home, (years ago) was on a postage stamp lot, no privacy, the windows on our neighbors home looked right into ours, and we were on a .14 lot. I hated it. You could hear the neighbors yelling at each other. LOL. As I said, that is first time buyer action.

Yes, in my mind paying 290k for one of those in Boise would be for a first time buyer. I would never ever consider that. My idea of a home, (which would be our 3rd home) in an area like Boise would be one that was 5 years old or newer, and on at least 1/2 or more acres. We spent 5 days looking. And all we saw, that we would even consider all ran well over 450k plus!

The fact is, we have been all over the west, and the era of reasonably priced homes is over, (unless one wants to live in Michigan or Tennessee etc). We prefer the west, and for the most part, everywhere in the west, without question, is very high priced.

We've decided just to stay where we are. LOL!