Salary & Home Affordability by State

[Ramnares P.E.]

@leggo PE

http://www.sfweekly.com/news/117400-salary-qualifies-as-low-income-in-sf/

 

[User1]

In my area it averages ~$200/sq. ft.

I paid almost 300  :12:

 

[User1]

This graphic shows some of our sticker shock when we moved from GA to CO - but I guess they use the statewide average?

I think If I moved back to ATL the houses have gone up just as much if you want to be in a decent suburb, only difference is you would get more SF for your buck than here.

Utah is a little suprising? I always heard SLC was a fairly affordable place to live if you can put up with the Mormons running the town..

i have fam in utah. my cousin says it's expensive, but her property taxes are 900...a year. 

 

[User1]

And finally, I don't make the salary required for the average of the state, and live in the 2nd most expensive location. makes sense to me

 

[Road Guy]

Also filed under "its a small world"... there is a girl I worked with for about a year in Atlanta who moved to the Bay Area about a decade ago- she recently transferred to our Denver office. But she has been amused with how cheap things are in Denver. Said its unreal that you can even get lunch for less than $10 Bucks! Said like milk is around $7/ Gallon there?

 

[User1]

Also filed under "its a small world"... there is a girl I worked with for about a year in Atlanta who moved to the Bay Area about a decade ago- she recently transferred to our Denver office. But she has been amused with how cheap things are in Denver. Said its unreal that you can even get lunch for less than $10 Bucks! Said like milk is around $7/ Gallon there?

I believe it. it's between 4 and 6 here.

 

[leggo PE]

@leggo PE

http://www.sfweekly.com/news/117400-salary-qualifies-as-low-income-in-sf/

Yeah, guess I need to kick the fiance out of the house... And have a few kids??

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Yeah, guess I need to kick the fiance out of the house... And have a few kids??

You may want to have the kids then kick him out...

 

[Road Guy]

I do think for two people making $117K in most metro areas is not really a lot of money anymore. One person making that is a slightly different story

 

[MA_PE]

Want to make fatty money?  Be a cop in Methuen, MA

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/06/25/raises-for-methuen-police-threaten-put-town-financial-jeopardy/Ru7JyZwCQGiXchM28u8seO/story.html

 

[leggo PE]

You may want to have the kids then kick him out...

Probably the better order in which to do things.

 

[vee043324]

lolololololol being single in DC lololololol

 

[mudpuppy]

I paid almost 300  :12:

Come to Michigan.  I sold my last house for under $40/sq foot, and bought the new one for under $100/sq foot (which includes 25 acres of land.)  Though if you don't include the finished walkout basement it's closer to $150/sq foot.

 

[Ble_PE]

Come to Michigan.  I sold my last house for under $40/sq foot, and bought the new one for under $100/sq foot (which includes 25 acres of land.)  Though if you don't include the finished walkout basement it's closer to $150/sq foot.

But then she'd have to live in Michigan.

 

[User1]

^^

 

[mudpuppy]

Sure it's cold in winter, but it frees up cash flow for travel to warm places!

 

[User1]

but then you have to have time off to go to the warm place

that sounds dirty. i'm leaving it

 

[Road Guy]

I'll allow it

 

[Ble_PE]

but then you have to have time off to go to the warm place

that sounds dirty. i'm leaving it

Tell us more about this warm place. Is it also wet?

 

[Supe]

Tell us more about this warm place. Is it also wet?

Sounds swampy.