[dakine]

"200G is the most they should spend on a new home. Any more is just wretched excess."

Not a 200K house to be had in certain areas, esp. Calif!

[goldstategop]

Its the function of the market. Every one's heard of San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York and wants to live there. Demand exceeds supply and what happens? Higher housing prices! Thank heaven Hollywood still hasn't discovered Flyover Country.

"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