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Old 03-12-2014, 11:49 AM
 
Location: Austin
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We looked at housing list price data from real estate brokerage Movoto.com and real estate marketplace Zillow.com. The diagram below shows the number of square feet of housing that you can buy for $1,000,000, based on the median price per square foot in each city.
U.S. City Real Estate Price Chart - Business Insider

If you take out Long Beach and Oakland, which are part of larger metro areas, Austin has the 8th highest housing costs of major cities in the country. Your housing dollar goes further in Portland, Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Charleston, Atlanta, Dallas, Raleigh, Houston and many other cities than it does in Austin.
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Old 03-12-2014, 11:54 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Ha! The Detroit one cracks me up .
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Old 03-12-2014, 07:36 PM
 
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Dear lord it is cheap to live in Detroit.
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Old 03-13-2014, 02:25 PM
 
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What kind of a price can you put on quality of life? We used to live in Mesa, but had to deal with constant dust storms, crime, lack of potential for a quality of education for our children, etc. Austin or San Fran might cost more to live in, but you have fun things to do on the weekend, a positive culture, friendly people, cleaner air, etc. Not all things can be measured in dollars.
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Old 03-15-2014, 08:30 PM
 
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What kind of a price can you put on quality of life? We used to live in Mesa, but had to deal with constant dust storms, crime, lack of potential for a quality of education for our children, etc. Austin or San Fran might cost more to live in, but you have fun things to do on the weekend, a positive culture, friendly people, cleaner air, etc. Not all things can be measured in dollars.
Well said!!
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Old 03-16-2014, 07:35 AM
 
Location: The Lone Star State
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Interesting. A lot of those cities are just as "nice" as Austin.
It shows how prices have gone up because of the hoards moving here... supply and demand.
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