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Ray Jul 13th 2006 12:24 pm

10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 
It's not just that they've got high housing prices and living costs -- it's that salaries and job growth don't keep up, either.

1 Essex County, Mass.
2 San Francisco
3 San Jose, Calif.
4 Honolulu
5 Cambridge, Mass.
6 New York
7 Tucson, Ariz.
8 Oakland, Calif.
9 Boston
10 Los Angeles


http://realestate.msn.com/Rentals/Ar...48559&GT1=8384

Manc Jul 13th 2006 12:37 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 
I am surprised Detroit isn't on the list..........

You can get a house here for around $60,000 if you look for it.
which is overpriced by around $59,000

TouristTrap Jul 13th 2006 12:46 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by Manc
I am surprised Detroit isn't on the list..........

You can get a house here for around $60,000 if you look for it.
which is overpriced by around $59,000

I can't believe you're living in motown......

TouristTrap Jul 13th 2006 12:47 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by Ray
It's not just that they've got high housing prices and living costs -- it's that salaries and job growth don't keep up, either.

1 Essex County, Mass.
2 San Francisco
3 San Jose, Calif.
4 Honolulu
5 Cambridge, Mass.
6 New York
7 Tucson, Ariz.
8 Oakland, Calif.
9 Boston
10 Los Angeles


http://realestate.msn.com/Rentals/Ar...48559&GT1=8384

Isn't that the same throughout the country though?

Take our piece of paradise. The cost of housing has gone haywire, and yet the plebs are earning peanuts...

Manc Jul 13th 2006 12:49 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by TouristTrap
I can't believe you're living in motown......

why not, it isn't that bad.
it's reputation precedes it..........glorious weather watching the best team in baseball is quite the highlight.

Hiro11 Jul 13th 2006 1:02 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 
Hmmm, completely different list of "overpriced cities" here:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/12/real...orse/index.htm

Ray Jul 13th 2006 1:06 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by Manc
why not, it isn't that bad.
it's reputation precedes it..........glorious weather watching the best team in baseball is quite the highlight.

This calls for a Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheel song
sing along
http://media.putfile.com/Mitch-Ryder...-Blue-Dress-On

Angry White Pyjamas Jul 13th 2006 1:15 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by Hiro11
Hmmm, completely different list of "overpriced cities" here:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/12/real...orse/index.htm

And Port St Lucie is a complete shit hole. We looked at houses there and decided not to bother since we didnt fancy paying quarter of a mil for a pile of breeze blocks built on an old waste dump ground near a ghetto.

Lord Lionheart Jul 13th 2006 1:51 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas
And Port St Lucie is a complete shit hole. We looked at houses there and decided not to bother since we didnt fancy paying quarter of a mil for a pile of breeze blocks built on an old waste dump ground near a ghetto.

That same dump will cost you half a mil in LA

Lord Lionheart Jul 13th 2006 1:53 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by Manc
why not, it isn't that bad.
it's reputation precedes it..........glorious weather watching the best team in baseball is quite the highlight.

Watching baseball in the heat, you are taking the piss are'nt you?!!?!

Ray Jul 13th 2006 1:54 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by lionheart
Watching baseball in the heat, you are taking the piss are'nt you?!!?!

Matt has an air-conditioned box....

Angry White Pyjamas Jul 13th 2006 1:59 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by lionheart
That same dump will cost you half a mil in LA

Aah yes but LA has hollywood and stars and things as attractions...Port St Lucie has a nuclear power plant to boast as its hilite.

Lord Lionheart Jul 13th 2006 1:59 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by Ray
Matt has an air-conditioned box....

I thought he was a guy :confused:

Lord Lionheart Jul 13th 2006 2:01 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas
Aah yes but LA has hollywood and stars and things as attractions...Port St Lucie has a nuclear power plant to boast as its hilite.

If you want to see stars and be in a good neighberhood you better have at least a mil. The stars don't go near the half mil shit holes

Angry White Pyjamas Jul 13th 2006 2:35 pm

Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
 

Originally Posted by lionheart
If you want to see stars and be in a good neighberhood you better have at least a mil. The stars don't go near the half mil shit holes

You get to see stars for free in Port St Lucie...just after the muggers smack you on the back of the head and run off with your wallet.


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