[gas0linealley]

"They could buy a $60k home in fly-over country. California dreamin'"

Isn't it amazing? Sure, wages are probably higher, on average, in the sky high real estate areas, but I doubt that they are proportionally higher. I've seen several houses in this area, in the past year, that were priced under twenty thousand, needed some tlc but they were liveable. That is what I would call a "starter house", but in another place I'm familiar with, a 400K house is called a "starter house". Crazy!

[RockinRight]

Where do you live?

[goldstategop]

We're talking about a middle class home in a decent neighborhood - not a dump in South Central or a stick in the middle of a nowhere. And yeah, a home costs more in California that most people will make in a lifetime.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[RockinRight]

See post 250.