• Meltrax@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    $140k won’t buy you a house in almost any even remotely popular city or its suburbs.

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      10 months ago

      $140k per year is enough to afford a mortgage on a $500k house. You’d have to make crazy money to buy a house outright on a year’s salary, so nobody evaluates it that way.

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        10 months ago

        Is 500k a house to raise a family in or just a place to stay in?

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            10 months ago

            San Diego checking in. $500k is a shack in someone’s backyard. Fuck I love it here but damn sometimes I really don’t.

            ok ok I exaggerate a little. But everything is crazy expensive here. Nice weather and beaches though. Get to surf every week. Can’t complain.