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Chicago is definitely the best value on paper, but a lot of rust belt cities are cheap. Atlanta is pretty cheap for the sun belt. Sacramento and Portland, OR offer good value on the west coast.
Regarding Florida, cheap and expensive places are more or less predictable. I’m wondering if Miami Beach may be artificially low due to smaller condo sales.
Chicago is definitely the best value on paper, but a lot of rust belt cities are cheap. Atlanta is pretty cheap for the sun belt. Sacramento and Portland, OR offer good value on the west coast.
Regarding Florida, cheap and expensive places are more or less predictable. I’m wondering if Miami Beach may be artificially low due to smaller condo sales.
Houston is cheaper than Atlanta. A lot of value there.
Cities that are extremely cheap right now such as Kansas City, St. Louis, Oklahoma city, or others in the Midwest or South won't remain that way for long. Those people fleeing CA and NY are basically just swapping decks on the Titanic, a short term fix and avoiding the inevitable. Everywhere in this country will become expensive and that's just a fact.
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Everyone considers California to be really expensive, and deservedly so in many areas, but there are still cheap cities. Unfortunately some are too hot and close to the border, but cities like Eureka and Arcada are inexpensive and nice, near the ocean, and with redwood woods. Even Fresno, while still a "blue collar" city is growing fast and people are buying up property there.
The typical home value of homes in Eureka is $434,633.
The typical home value of homes in Arcata is $488,113
The typical home value of homes in Fresno is $365,65
The typical home value of homes in Calexico is $334,068
Everyone considers California to be really expensive, and deservedly so in many areas, but there are still cheap cities. Unfortunately some are too hot and close to the border, but cities like Eureka and Arcada are inexpensive and nice, near the ocean, and with redwood woods. Even Fresno, while still a "blue collar" city is growing fast and people are buying up property there.
The typical home value of homes in Eureka is $434,633.
The typical home value of homes in Arcata is $488,113
The typical home value of homes in Fresno is $365,65
The typical home value of homes in Calexico is $334,068
Sure but you can say that about every state. . Outside of it's 3 or 4 most expensive metros, things get affordable. Most of those places, I wouldn't live in.
Chicago is definitely the best value on paper, but a lot of rust belt cities are cheap. Atlanta is pretty cheap for the sun belt. Sacramento and Portland, OR offer good value on the west coast.
Regarding Florida, cheap and expensive places are more or less predictable. I’m wondering if Miami Beach may be artificially low due to smaller condo sales.
Yeah I agree with all of this. Portland is probably the best bang for your buck in the western US. Chicago is a great value for being such an urban powerhouse. Atlanta is getting more expensive but unlike most cities in that part of the country, it has the higher salaries to match. I would also put Minneapolis up with those three.
Cities that are extremely cheap right now such as Kansas City, St. Louis, Oklahoma city, or others in the Midwest or South won't remain that way for long. Those people fleeing CA and NY are basically just swapping decks on the Titanic, a short term fix and avoiding the inevitable. Everywhere in this country will become expensive and that's just a fact.
Agree except I’d say everywhere already IS expensive. Reading through comments on here talking about 300/400k houses being cheap is depressing.
That said, I’d you want bigger/slightly more expensive, Chicago, Philly, Houston, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Detroit, San Antonio.
But otherwise I’d say mid-size, non “it” metros in the Midwest and south. Omaha, Des Moises, OKC/Tulsa, Winston-Salem, Birmingham… Not the most thrilling cities, but not bad places to live either.
Cities that are extremely cheap right now such as Kansas City, St. Louis, Oklahoma city, or others in the Midwest or South won't remain that way for long. Those people fleeing CA and NY are basically just swapping decks on the Titanic, a short term fix and avoiding the inevitable. Everywhere in this country will become expensive and that's just a fact.
Some are just moving to the more affordable parts of those and nearby states as well. So, that may thin things out a bit.
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