[ClearCase_guy]

A median home would be plausible for someone with a median income.

In Massachusetts, the median salary is $86,840.
And the median home price is $596,000.

Do the math on that and show me how it works.

Wealth creation for most people starts with purchase of a home that grows in value over time. A stable place where you can raise a family. That avenue is closed off for a heck of a lot of young people.

[Alberta's Child]

In Massachusetts, the median salary is $86,840. And the median home price is $596,000. Do the math on that and show me how it works.

A person earning the median salary in MA can’t afford to buy a median-priced home … as a first-time home buyer.

But if that person earning $86,840 has $200,000-$300,000 of equity in a home he bought ten years ago, then the $596,000 purchase price of the median home is not so unrealistic.