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minus-square[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoYes… but you have to choose more slum-y areas. And if you have kids, they’re gonna get buillied so much. Source, I am that kid. Moved from Brooklyn to Philly, sure, housing was more affordable, but school ratings went from 8/10 to like a 3/10. Such hell.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·21 days ago you have to choose more slum-y areas Here is a random home I found after only a few seconds of looking. 3 bedroom home in Colorado Springs for $265k. Easily affordable at the stated $100k/yr income. You can’t afford to buy a single family home on $100k/yr in my area. you have to choose more slum-y areas Lots of homes are easily affordable with that income. Buy elsewhere.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoThere’s the additional cost that my whole family and all my friends live in the “Greater Seattle area” where housing is outrageous and climbing. If I were to move somewhere more affordable it would mean losing my entire social support system.
minus-squareNinjasftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 days agoThe thing is though that unless you have a fully remote job you are probably not going to stay earning 100k in colarado springs
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·21 days agoMedian household income in Colorado Springs is $83k/yr. Said 3 bedroom home for $265k is quite affordable on $83k/yr. unless you have a fully remote job And if this is the case, you are doing even better and have a shitload more options.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·21 days agoCmon, you can’t cherry pick a house and say “just uproot your entire life, there are cheaper houses out there!” Schools, job market, support system and more all play a huge part. It isn’t as simple as “just move.”
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·21 days agoKeep in mind you’re replying to a literal Nazi, they don’t do much arguing in good faith.
Yes… but you have to choose more slum-y areas. And if you have kids, they’re gonna get buillied so much.
Source, I am that kid. Moved from Brooklyn to Philly, sure, housing was more affordable, but school ratings went from 8/10 to like a 3/10. Such hell.
Here is a random home I found after only a few seconds of looking. 3 bedroom home in Colorado Springs for $265k. Easily affordable at the stated $100k/yr income.
Lots of homes are easily affordable with that income. Buy elsewhere.
There’s the additional cost that my whole family and all my friends live in the “Greater Seattle area” where housing is outrageous and climbing. If I were to move somewhere more affordable it would mean losing my entire social support system.
The thing is though that unless you have a fully remote job you are probably not going to stay earning 100k in colarado springs
Median household income in Colorado Springs is $83k/yr. Said 3 bedroom home for $265k is quite affordable on $83k/yr.
And if this is the case, you are doing even better and have a shitload more options.
Cmon, you can’t cherry pick a house and say “just uproot your entire life, there are cheaper houses out there!”
Schools, job market, support system and more all play a huge part. It isn’t as simple as “just move.”
Keep in mind you’re replying to a literal Nazi, they don’t do much arguing in good faith.