I’m going to regret replying to you, but top 20 of what? MSA? As I’ve said previously, MSA isn’t apt here
If y'all had a booming film industry there you could probably turn a profit out of renting that out for horror films. Skeleton Key 2, etc.
I don’t mean in the exact situation, more the players involved. It’s the same shit, different circumstances. Corporate-backed feasting on an unregulated situation. Middle man realtors getting middle class rich because someone has to sell the overpriced houses and get those commissions with little-to-no work. Average Joe homebuyer getting fucked while the federal government does nothing.
How? Your map fails to differentiate between red/blue. Denver and Birmingham both being in red, while Atlanta, Boston, Philly, etc. are in blue - makes your point unclear
It's not to you bc you want to ignore anything that shows you're wrong. 3 million people live in the Denver metro area. That's a major city.
uhhhh sure, agreed, but are you arguing without context? Buying a house in Aurora is a wee bit different than West Hollywood.
Idk I haven't commented on that map. Looks like they just tried to not have red/blue next to each other much so the words don't all blend together. I don't think the color means anything.
i havent really too much but the main one i actually have is Chula Vista as far as affordability goes
no but to say denver isn’t a major us city is stupid it’ll probably pass seattle in population in the next year or two
And buying in Denver is a weeeee bit different than buying in Andalusia. If you want to argue that everything after NY and LA isn't a major city, go for it and make yourself look dumb.
Poor choice of colors in making a map is more bush league than rubbing your eyes while cutting peppers (like I did earlier)
No shit? keep caping for Denver. Denver may be the capitol of weed in this country, but it’s not the capitol of anything else.
I can’t believe some asinine argument is going on in a thread I started and I’m not even participating in the argument.
Nobody claimed it is. Arguing its not a major city is really dumb though. Idk what Denver did to hurt you but it's weird.
he’s basically saying your thread should have never been started because you don’t live in a major city sorry you had to find out this way
Denver has done nothing to hurt me. I’ve lived in Denver twice and had fun each time. Denver still sucks compared to many other big cities in this country. If Denver were Earth, Jacksonville would be akin to some tiny moon orbiting Pluto. Wouldn’t expect you to understand.
Nobody is saying it's a great city. The argument is its a major city, and you just admitted that so we're done here.
once for a few hours i have no idea if it actually sucks or not but I’m also probably not moving for at least 2 more years either I’m also willing to live an hour or more from a larger city so I’m not really worried about finding something in a decent price range. I just don’t want to live near LA unless it’s the Orange County area
It's kind of sad that living in California was my grandfather's dream when he worked the oil fields in Santa Monica/ Venice in the 40s but couldn't afford it and generations later I'd still like to live there but can't.
An hour in LA/OC is like 15 miles in some places. Also you don’t want to live in the 909/951 which is really the real hour plus areas outside of LA/OC.
I'll probably end up buying here at some point - but I kind of just want to do a new build now - I deal with design/construction/permits/city favors/etc for a large part of my living and feel like I might as well get exactly what I want for something I'll be paying off for that long.
I just really can’t fathom how anyone can afford to buy any decent size house in LA, SF, or San Diego nowadays i do pretty well and it just doesn’t seem feasible looking at those prices
Imo the question any first time home buyer needs to ask themselves right now is “can I survive a market downturn?” housing prices are eventually going to correct, but who knows how long it will be. So the odds are you will have to buy a place and live with the fact you may end up under water on it in the next 6-18 months. Do you have a stable job where you won’t be let go if the market bottoms out? do you plan to stay in whatever house you buy for 5+ years? if the answer to both questions is yes, buy the house you want, can afford, and be ready to ride it out in that home when the market corrects.
Most of my friends that have houses in good areas of LA I would estimate are making at least a mil a year. My friends in JH are largely generational wealth but it's a pretty diverse bunch on that front - lot of different industries.
I don’t live in a big city but live in a very highly desired area to live with a lot of growth. Housing prices have skyrocketed and new subdivisions are being built everfuckingwhere. In my town of 7000, there are 2100 homes under construction. Very likely our population doubles in the next 5 years. My house/land has more than doubled in value in the past 3.5 years. I could easily sell and have over 300k to go towards a new house, but even the new inventory is going for insane prices and 30-50k over ask price. I’m just gonna ride it out, value will only go up. t’s and p’s to anyone looking right now. It sucks
We bought our first home in NC in 2016, ~2000 sq ft for $256k. Comps now price it around $500k. We bought our current home in the burbs of Tucson in peak Covid July 2020 and we have comps in our neighborhood as of this week going for 50% higher than what we paid. This housing market is fucking bananas. There is absolutely no space for twenty somethings with good jobs to buy anything worth a shit without PMI or crazy monthly payments.
Same - and I've talked to higher ups in the space whose entire job is to read the market and they basically laugh at it being a possibility - in major markets at least. Not sure how it's affecting rural areas.
If it’s not going to go down, then you might as well bite the bullet and buy. Nothing to be gained by renting if you can afford to buy.