10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
Jul 13th 2006, 12:24 pm
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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>1=8384
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>1=8384
Jul 13th 2006, 12:37 pm
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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
You can get a house here for around $60,000 if you look for it.
which is overpriced by around $59,000
Jul 13th 2006, 12:46 pm
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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
You can get a house here for around $60,000 if you look for it.
which is overpriced by around $59,000
Jul 13th 2006, 12:47 pm
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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>1=8384
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>1=8384
Take our piece of paradise. The cost of housing has gone haywire, and yet the plebs are earning peanuts...
Jul 13th 2006, 12:49 pm
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Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
I can't believe you're living in motown......
it's reputation precedes it..........glorious weather watching the best team in baseball is quite the highlight.
Jul 13th 2006, 1:02 pm
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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
http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/12/real...orse/index.htm
Jul 13th 2006, 1:06 pm
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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.
it's reputation precedes it..........glorious weather watching the best team in baseball is quite the highlight.
sing along
http://media.putfile.com/Mitch-Ryder...-Blue-Dress-On
Jul 13th 2006, 1:15 pm
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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
http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/12/real...orse/index.htm
Jul 13th 2006, 1:51 pm
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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.
Jul 13th 2006, 1:53 pm
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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.
it's reputation precedes it..........glorious weather watching the best team in baseball is quite the highlight.
Jul 13th 2006, 1:54 pm
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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?!!?!
Jul 13th 2006, 1:59 pm
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Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
Originally Posted by lionheart
That same dump will cost you half a mil in LA
Jul 13th 2006, 1:59 pm
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Re: 10 most OVERPRICED places in the US
Originally Posted by Ray
Matt has an air-conditioned box....
Jul 13th 2006, 2:01 pm
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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.
Jul 13th 2006, 2:35 pm
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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