So you want to move to the city.....OK....It’ll cost at least $1 million in these US cities for a "starter home"

[Zincwarrior]

Another reason not to move to TX.....They love them some eminent domain.

Some locations have zoning. It depends on the locale.

 

[Zincwarrior]

What country do you live in that makes you think that SF and LA are the only communities in CA?

Have you ever driven thru CA, like I have?

18MM live in the LA Basin. 10-20MM in the Bay Area (including San Jose which they erroneously separate). That where the jobs are. And those are the coast. I am not even including the SD area, which makes LA look cheap, or the area below SF which is for the rich people.

And yes, I lived there. We couldn't afford to buy a house decades ago there.

Now Texas...live just north of Austin, although its grown past us and headed north. I literally could not afford to buy the house we have lived in for 21 years...

 

[mudwhistle]

18MM live in the LA Basin. 10-20MM in the Bay Area (including San Jose which they erroneously separate). That where the jobs are. And those are the coast. I am not even including the SD area, which makes LA look cheap, or the area below SF which is for the rich people.

And yes, I lived there. We couldn't afford to buy a house decades ago there.

Now Texas...live just north of Austin, although its grown past us and headed north. I literally could not afford to buy the house we have lived in for 21 years...

I can't afford the house I grew up in, in Montana.

Wherever there are Democrats in charge of government, this is what happens.

 

[Zincwarrior]

TX is one of the last states I'd move to. Nothing but deserts, and flat grasslands once you reach Dallas/Ft Worth.
San Antonio is pretty if you're in town, but the river basin is full of snakes, ants, and all kinds of critters.
We couldn't even sleep on the ground at Ft Sam Houston.

I'd much rather move to Idaho.

You forgot the tarantulas, brown recluse, black widows and now we even have crazy ants that like to eat electrical cables. what? what??? Oh and the endless droughts. Lake Travis is at half its levels and somebody needs to think about the fact two million people could conceivably run out of water to drink.

Did you miss the sight of herds of thousands of goats in West Texas, with bands of chupacabras hunting them?

 

[Zincwarrior]

I can't afford the house I grew up in, in Montana.

Wherever there are Democrats in charge of government, this is what happens.

There are Democrats in Montana? There aren't any running the state of Texas.

 

[Mr Natural]

This is nothing new. It’s always cost more to live in or near the city.

 

[mudwhistle]

There are Democrats in Montana? There aren't any running the state of Texas.

Bull Shit.

The TX GOP elected a bunch of fake Republicans, who promptly made it illegal to post memes online that were deemed dishonest.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Bull Shit.

The TX GOP elected a bunch of fake Republicans, who promptly made it illegal to post memes online that were deemed dishonest.

Now you're defining who is a Republican, in the most powerful red state in the Union, with a red House, Senate, Court, governor, Lt Governor (more important), and AG? Thats an amazing stretch.

 

[mudwhistle]

Now you're defining who is a Republican, in the most powerful red state in the Union, with a red House, Senate, Court, governor, Lt Governor (more important), and AG? Thats an amazing stretch.

Actually the most powerful Red State is Florida.

 

[leftwinger]

That's a bunch of BS.

CA isn't landlocked.

Except for the coastline....CA has plenty of open space to live in.....but Democrats are making sure that most of it is unlivable by cutting off water supplies.

Not where the jobs are near SJ or the peninsula. Almost no buildable land left from Gilroy to SF up the west side. Milpitas to Berkley/Walnut Creek on the east side.

 

[1srelluc]

TX is one of the last states I'd move to. Nothing but deserts, and flat grasslands once you reach Dallas/Ft Worth.
San Antonio is pretty if you're in town, but the river basin is full of snakes, ants, and all kinds of critters.
We couldn't even sleep on the ground at Ft Sam Houston.

I'd much rather move to Idaho.

I spent a couple of weeks there one year and went all over the state to address a DuPont jobber issue and never saw anything of redeeming value but the surf fishing.....Great Pompano fishing and they are excellent eating.

 

[mudwhistle]

Not where the jobs are near SJ or the peninsula. Almost no buildable land left from Gilroy to SF up the west side. Milpitas to Berkley/Walnut Creek on the east side.

The problem I discovered in CA was living there was unaffordable.

Thanks to illegal immigration it's hard to find jobs that pay enough.

Get rid of all of the illegals and you'll find work and places to live everywhere in CA.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Actually the most powerful Red State is Florida.

Texas GDP $2.7TR.Florida GDP $1.6TR.

And yet they have what, 11 markets with $1MM starters....

 

[marvin martian]

There are Democrats in Montana? There aren't any running the state of Texas.

That's why 8 of the 10 states in the OP are run by Dems.

They want this.

 

[mudwhistle]

I spent a couple of weeks there one year and went all over the state to address a DuPont jobber issue and never saw anything of redeeming value but the surf fishing.....Great Pompano fishing and they are excellent eating.

I've driven thru TX 4 times from NM to LA, and did Phase 2 at Ft Sam Houston for a month.

I hated it. Only NM is worse.

 

[mudwhistle]

Texas GDP $2.7TR.Florida GDP $1.6TR.

And yet they have what, 11 markets with $1MM starters....

What does the GDP have to do with the strong hold the GOP has in the FL government, penis breath?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Nah.....they have no choice in the matter.

They're too old to move and moving would mean renting, which is unaffordable.

He doesn't mean moving. He means dying.

 

[Rigby5]

People should tell their banks that they are saving for an affordable home.

Actually that is not the way to do it.
Bank interest is so low that there is no point in putting money in the bank.

What you should do instead is by cheap property and rent it out, until it goes up enough in value so that you can afford a place you would be willing to live in.

 

[Rigby5]

What it means is nobody can afford to buy anymore.

Thank Biden and the Dems for that.

Sure you can easily buy, because there is always some cheaper property for sale.
The fact you would not want to live in the first property you invest in, does not mean you should not buy it, because it will double in value in less than 10 years.

 

[Rigby5]

I bet the same cities have pretty much made it impossible through zoning/regulations to build a traditional starter home.

Actually its easy to build.
If you buy prefab, then it is under federal building regulations and its all easily taken care of.
They can't stop you from building our own home.
They just inspect it to ensure you are not going to blow it up by accident.