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That is a great deal on housing. Sis is in Ohio (Cinci area) and while it could be worse it's not cheap - I think they paid about $110K for their place.

Vermont, where I live, is REALLY bad right now. I was looking in a real estate guide this weekend and saw a place that looked a lot like ours (I'm in a 1000 sq ft ranch) for $160K !!! With the median income up here about 30K? It's sheer insanity.

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My parents home is valued at about $225k if I remember right. But they probably have atleast 3000sqft, plus an attic, plus a nice inground pool and deck, and a good size yard in a great neighborhood. Supposedly though property tax around here is pretty high. Alabama is very cheap though in pretty much all aspects. Lower property tax and much cheaper houses. That is of course living a bit out in the country rather than right in town. The schools for the most part aren't too great though. I think it's likely because they don't value education as much as some other places do. It's not that the schools are dangerous or have high drug user rates but that they have high drop out rates. TN was fairly cheap in housing and food costs when we lived there and had better schools because the people I think value a good education a bit more. Both states tend to have very christian communities as well. I think I prefered TN over GA or AL but hubby's job is here in GA so we are stuck here for now and my family is here too. His family is wayyy out in the country in AL with a farm that we will likely inherit one day. I really loved living out where they do but the commute to a city large enough for my hubby to find a job is over an hour.