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Old 05-01-2020, 11:13 PM
 
Location: OC
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Really superficial view, but you can get a house in a place like Bridgewater township, about 45 miles from NYC for under 200k. Not saying it's a posh area, but it's not Camden either. Can you do that on the west coast? Seattle, LA, SF, SD, even Portland?
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Old 05-01-2020, 11:19 PM
 
Location: West Seattle
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I haven't really looked into this, but I think the NYC area has a very high median rent because some of the most expensive real estate in the world is in Manhattan (more than anywhere on the West Coast) --- but there are also some relatively affordable areas, as you say. The West Coast has less variation in both directions
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Old 05-01-2020, 11:33 PM
 
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Westchester, Rockland, Nassau, and Suffolk are pretty expensive and have high property taxes. Even in the worst neighborhoods.

And even Newark, with its reputation of being rough, is really not that cheap.
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Old 05-02-2020, 02:03 AM
 
Location: Flovis
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Housing is expensive everywhere in CA except for far inland or far north. Check housing in big bear, Poway/Ramona, Tracy, Gilroy, Palmdale, Valencia, etc. It's expensive.
I bet even Los Banos(1-1.5 hrs from San Jose)has expensive housing.

The good thing about these exburbs is that they tend to be newer and don't have much crime.
If you wanna move to CA and live in an exburb, bring plenty of cash.

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Old 05-02-2020, 07:17 AM
 
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NYC is the most expensive city in the United States except for maybe San Fran.
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Old 05-02-2020, 08:23 AM
 
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Westchester, Rockland, Nassau, and Suffolk are pretty expensive and have high property taxes. Even in the worst neighborhoods.

And even Newark, with its reputation of being rough, is really not that cheap.
Isn’t Newark gentrifying/revitalizing to some degree now?

It does seem like even in those counties, some places within them can be a little bit lower than others.
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Old 05-02-2020, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Twin Cities
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Downtown Newark, yes. And even then the arena still hasn't made a big impact.

Housing isn't the only factor. Food, utilities, transportation, your wages, they all matter. If a house in Bridgewater cost under 200K but you have to deal with tolls, cost of an NJT rail pass, groceries, utilities, wage tax in Newark if you work there, and property taxes, are you really coming out ahead?

Also you can get a 2BR house in LA county for under 200K. Unlike Central Jersey, these aren't mobile homes. https://www.zillow.com/homes/Los-Angeles-County,-CA_rb/
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Old 05-02-2020, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Really superficial view, but you can get a house in a place like Bridgewater township, about 45 miles from NYC for under 200k. Not saying it's a posh area, but it's not Camden either. Can you do that on the west coast? Seattle, LA, SF, SD, even Portland?
keep in mind that 45 miles in the Bos-Wash corridor is like 150 miles on the west coast...
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Old 05-02-2020, 11:20 AM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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Downtown Newark, yes. And even then the arena still hasn't made a big impact.

Housing isn't the only factor. Food, utilities, transportation, your wages, they all matter. If a house in Bridgewater cost under 200K but you have to deal with tolls, cost of an NJT rail pass, groceries, utilities, wage tax in Newark if you work there, and property taxes, are you really coming out ahead?

Also you can get a 2BR house in LA county for under 200K. Unlike Central Jersey, these aren't mobile homes. https://www.zillow.com/homes/Los-Angeles-County,-CA_rb/
The only houses you’re getting for under $200K in LA County will be beat up or dated in suspect neighborhoods in places like Lancaster/Palmdale over an hour from the city with zero traffic. If you’re lucky you may find a small cabin in mountains where there’s snow to deal with, and if you’re really lucky you might find a tear down on a tiny lot in a dangerous area of the city.

I have in-laws all throughout the NYC metro outside of the city limits in both NY and CT and houses are much cheaper there for comparable neighborhoods. It’s not even fair the difference in price? Property taxes on the other hand are much more out there.
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Old 05-02-2020, 12:25 PM
 
Location: Shoreline Connecticut
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Greater LA and greater Silicon Valley bay area are much more expensive on housing prices compared to greater NYC metro area. Manhattan housing is very expensive before, but regardless how this pandemic impacts housing, part of housing prices in NY CT and NJ are quite cheap.

CT is especially cheap. Before pandemic, CT housing prices dropped every year for 10 plus years, and was at all time low pricing lower than 2002 probably. Even Greenwhich which is less than 1 hour train ride from manhattan had depressed housing market before pandemic. Certainly CA housing is totally different and much more red hot housing market.
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