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Yeah, you could own just about anything you wanted (within reason) here for that price.
@Mrs Green Grass: Every once in a while I get a crazy hair that I'm going to move home because I'm done with the Midwest, and then I start house shopping for 2 minutes and give up and resign myself here forever
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Not even close. It could get you a house in the 'burbs in a decent school district, but not in the city. For that, you need closer to $750+ for an older house and $950+ for a newer house
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Ha! Nooooooo. I'm with the bees who said to double it!
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Yes, you could get an excellent home for that price around here.
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No, not at all. So jealous when I see these amazing homes on House Hunters for a fraction of what you'd pay here for a similar one.
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Yes ypu could get a 3000+ house with every amenity you could want in the best school district in the area. Col is cheap around here but so is pay!
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no
another one who would need that almost doubled.
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Not even close, try doubling/tripling that
We opted to buy in a fantastic school district (moved here when I was pregnant last time) but chose a townhouse in a community so we could be lined up for one of the top schools without shelling out top dollar when we were so new to the area. We absolutely love our home (which has a beautiful, very private yard) but may outgrow it in a few years and will have to reevaluate then.
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You could get a 3 bed, 2 bath condo or townhouse and the schools are great. There might be a house but it would need quite a bit of work most likely.
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Our ideal home that we wanted but was just too far from DH's work was $280-ish. And it was nicer than we need, really a dream home situation. Though in some parts of town that wouldn't get you squat.
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Yes, for sure! You would be able to get a very nice house. 2500-3000 sq ft, plus a good chunk of land, in a great school district.
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No way. That buys a condo or townhouse. Double that for a "nice house" which is older and probably needs work, or an updated but small home. Triple it for a brand new luxury home.
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not at all! the average price for a 2-bedroom apt in my neighborhood is like 5x that. this is why we will rent for as long as we live in nyc
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No. It would get you a really small, run-down house. I think the lowest priced house in our town is like $325,000. Isn't that sad?
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@mrsjyw: Thats why we like our Troy houses with Birmingham or Bloomfield Schools!
Seriously...MI meetup needs to happen...Zoo this summer?
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HAHAHA. No Way. I'm in Northern California, and to get into the best school district in my city, you're looking at a minimum of $1.5M, and that could be for a fixer-upper.
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Yes, we built our house 2 years ago on 11 acres for an amount just above that (not by much). We have 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and lots of space.
We are 13 miles from our work (which takes 20 minutes to get there) and 3 miles from our school (which takes 5 minutes to get to). The school is known as one of the best in our area. We are VERY lucky..
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Yes, but it would be further away from the center of the city, in the 'burbs, which could make a commute rough. We wanted to be closer to the action so paid more for worse schools...
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nothing but crappy condos and they will sell for over asking price every time
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Absolutely not. I live in SoCal and It's hard to even get a condo in a not as good school district for that much
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@swurlygurl: I know. It's crazy! You have to stay snd suck it up because of you go somewhere else first, you won't come back!
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Not even close.. the median asking price right now is 722k. There is 1 house listed under 300k, it's a 900 sf 2 bed 2 bath.
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Our school district is very good 7-9 on great schools. For 300k you would get a house thats about 1500-2000 sq ft most of the houses are on busier roads not a lot of neighborhoods. and the homes are older mostly build in the 50's and 60's. taxes are about 5-6k/yr. and a 20-30 min ride to a major city with commuter train systems, 45 min drive with traffic
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Yes, you could get a lovely garden shed.
But, for real, no. We live in a small seaside town in a stellar district, but prices are insane.
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You could get a mansion with that kind of money where I live. A nice house, with a good yard, and excellent schools would be around $150,000.
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Define nice? I'm going to say no, only because that kind of budget would mean I would need serious cash to make it to my liking. However, the median home value here is $306k and we have good schools; the affluent neighborhood next to us with good schools too has median home value is $578k.
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You could get an okay mobile home in a decent school district for that much where I live.
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Kind of? It could get you a moderate house in a moderate school disrict.
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The condos in my area are more than double that, so no.
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No way. If I moved to my ideal town near Boston, I would expect to spend $1.5m to get what I wanted.
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Nope. I just looked and in two of the best school districts near me you can get a 2 bedroom 1.5 bathroom house for $1.3M. In a decent school district you're looking to spend $750K and up for a decent house.
And this is why we are moving out of our area in the next year. The cost of living is just getting to be way too much.
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Yes.. well kind of. My neighborhood is in the range of mid to upper 200's. It's an old and very established neighborhood. The elementary school is top notch, but I can't say the same for middle and high school. My LO got into a very sought after charter school (lottery system with a 5 mile radius preference). We lucked out.
My sisters live 15 minutes north or us, and the general population is wealthier and less mixed than my town. The schools are better, and the price of housing is also more. There are plenty of houses in the $300k range.
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You can't even get a studio apartment for 300K in our town. And our town has crappy schools. Double fail, haha
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In the actual city, there aren't even that many houses $300k, but in our wealthy suburbs, 300k would buy you an extremely nice house, probably 4bd+, huge yard, etc in the best school districts.
ETA: I meant that most houses in our city don't run that high. You could get something very nice for about 200k
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@simplyfelicity: Agree, expectations probably vary.
You could do very well here in the upper $300s,-- possibly small acreage, good schools, and the like.
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Yes! $300-$350k is a good budget for a pretty nice house (4 bedroom, larger, reasonably updated) in an excellent school district. Midwest city suburbs.
You can also get a decent house (3 bed, 1400 sq ft, maybe slightly dated in some areas, good neighborhood just not the wealthier part of town) in a great school district for $150-175k+ though.
COL is pretty good. The towns around me usually make the list of a good place to raise families (for lower COL but still good schools and things to do)
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$300K in the best school district near us would get you like 2 bedroom townhome with a 1 car garage and no yard that is pretty old and not updated, and there would likely be a bidding war.
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Not even a little.
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No.
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I think you could maybe get a 1-BR apartment for $300K around our neighborhood. Though you could easily spend more than that even for a 1-BR. Neighbors in our townhome community have recently sold their (3-BR, tiny yard) units for nearly double that.
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