Posted on 01/18/2007 7:32:21 PM PST by Lorianne
GULF SHORES, AL
WHAT: One-bedroom condo
HOW MUCH: $299,000
PER SQUARE FOOT: $610
This 490-square-foot unit is on the fifth floor of the Gulf Shores Surf and Racquet condominium complex. Situated along the Gulf of Mexico, the area is known for its fishing and golfing. The development offers an outdoor pool, hot tub, tennis and racquetball courts, a fishing pier and barbecue area. This unit comes furnished and includes deeded beach access and covered parking. The unit has one bath and an open kitchen. It has a view of Little Lagoon. The annual taxes are $324.06 and the condominium fee is $129 per month.
BAR HARBOR, ME
WHAT: Five-bedroom house
HOW MUCH: $299,000
PER SQUARE FOOT: $186.87
Built in 1930, this 1,600-square-foot farmhouse is near town amenities in Bar Harbor, which is on the east side of Mount Desert Island and surrounded by Acadia National Park. The area offers year-round recreation like fishing, boating, hiking, biking and cross-country skiing. On the main floor of this three-story home is the kitchen, dining room and living room. The second floor has the master bedroom, two additional bedrooms and a full bath; two more bedrooms are on the third level. The annual taxes are $2,041.70.
PORTLAND, OR
WHAT: A one-bedroom loft condominium
HOW MUCH: $299,900
PER SQUARE FOOT: $421.20
This 712-square-foot loft in a 1910 building is in the Pearl District of Portland, a recently gentrified neighborhood known for its shops, galleries and restaurants. The unit comes with one parking spot, but the building is also near a light-rail line. The condo has 14-foot ceilings, with exposed wood beams and posts. The taxes are $137 annually and frozen until 2016, and the monthly condo maintenance fee is $154.
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It's OK by me if you take the word of someone who supports public thrashing of illegal aliens.
It'll get you a tenement walk-up in Honolulu
I have survived volcano's (lived within 60 miles of St. Helens in 1980), ice storms, fire storms, blizzards, droughts, hurricanes, and floods. Those of us who live on the gulf coast enjoy the golf and the fishing. It's a choice we make. You're not immune to natural disaster, no matter where you live. Hurricanes are simply the price we pay for living in paradise.
"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 Palelologus
Who would live in a flop house, that isn't housing!
Thank you for permission./sac
As a matter of fact-I do support it. What care I about illegal alien criminals invading my country. Thrash 'em all the way back to where they come from.
I agree. It's terrible down there. Sell your condo's and come get your parents.
You can certainly speak for yourself, but, respectfully, what IS the point of the article? Stuff costs a lot some places? Yeah, $200.00 will get me a burger and a beer at some high falutin' celebrity hangout. That's why I don't eat there. I can get the same thing on the corner for $10.00. Likewise, I don't live where a closet costs $300,000.
What elk said I believe is not only totally wrong, it has nothing to do with this article.
By the way, you don't have to click on the link. I posted Everything except the realtor's names and telephone numbers.
The point of posting it was just to discuss the disparity of housing prices across the country.
The point of posting it was just to discuss the disparity of housing prices across the country. Obviously, prices are higher in cities and in desirable areas.
That was all. There was no other purpose.
I just renewed my policy. If I can afford it, it's none of your concern. Besides, what business is it of yours if I'm "relatively wealthy?" I thought this was a conservative thread, where personal accomplishment was celebrated. You choose where you want to live, and I'll choose where I want to live.
The payments are very small, taxes are too. I put it on the market then changed my mind in 2005, but not before I had an several offers, the highest was for 349K.
It is not worth as much today, down about 20K, but it doesn't matter because I love it up there in the spring and summer and will keep it until I can't make the drive up there any longer.
Holy ****, that still sounds pricey to this greybeard.
You might want to read the fine print!
That's fine. I'm looking at a weather map of the U.S. and seeing some serious temperature disparity. Fairbanks is really cold, Miami is in the 70's. But, really, what's to discuss? It's a big country. Temperatures vary, prices vary - nothing shocking, sinister or even remotely of concern (at least not to me). I don't go to Fairbanks in January, and I don't buy condos in midtown Manhattan. If folks wanna do either of the above, God bless 'em.
Well, ya gotta tip the bartender, you know. :-)
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