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As you may know, I've been looking for a place to move and Syracuse is becoming a strong possibility. You can get a decent home there for less than 50K from my search... I'm convinced
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Originally Posted by BPerone201
As you may know, I've been looking for a place to move and Syracuse is becoming a strong possibility. You can get a decent home there for 40K from my search... I'm convinced
Yeah, it's amazing how much cheaper upstate is compared to downstate. It's a world of a difference in terms of cost of living. I liked living in the Syracuse area too during college (though not somewhere I would want to live long-term, but during college it was nice). There's a decent amount of things to do, considering it's a smaller city. It's a nice place to live if you don't mind the snow.
Yeah, it's amazing how much cheaper upstate is compared to downstate. It's a world of a difference in terms of cost of living. I liked living in the Syracuse area too during college (though not somewhere I would want to live long-term, but during college it was nice). There's a decent amount of things to do, considering it's a smaller city. It's a nice place to live if you don't mind the snow.
You bet
I've been wanting to go upstate for a while now (just not sure where yet) It's definitely between Albany and Syracuse. (I have other possibilities outside the state)
I don't think i have enough of a deep enough connection with NYC to want to stay in its suburbs. It's the greatest city in the world, don't get me wrong, but I'm just not willing to pay heaps more in the NYC suburbs for a city I only visit 4-5 times a year.(maybe if I worked there it would be a diff story)
As long as NYC is in a few hours driving distance I'm ok
You can't buy anything in Manhattan for 200k, except maybe a very small place that's been mostly burned down and needs at least a hundred or more thousand dollars in renovations to be livable. In the other boroughs, you can find a livable place in the most dangerous neighborhoods.
This is why New Yorkers rent. Yes, we still don't get very much for the money, but it's probably a good thing because if I'd probably end up spending most of my time at home after work most days if I had one of those big 200k houses that some of you guys have posted. A big benefit of living in a place where it's hard to get a big place is that you end up spending more of your time outside the home.
I am content to live in hillbilly status, in my 1800sq foot house and take weekends away in my travel trailer. One day I should aspire to live on the coast where I can have a fancy title, a suit and tie to wear to work, Ill be someone important with my new status, although I wont make enough to be able to afford the 600k house, and all of that hard earned money will go to a HUGE rent payment. On second thought Ill stay here in hillbilly land and earn that meager wage, as I think overall ill live better here.
some people don't care about having trailers or a big house or vehicles...
In Houston, you can buy a castle for that much. In the Seattle area, where I previously lived, you can get a box with perhaps a Honey Bucket on the side.
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