Tradeoffs. Living in the middle of the country is so much more

Jul 25, 2024
11:53:37am

gopman Troublemaker

affordable but the downside is you have far fewer job options.

The coasts have more opportunities but the cost of living is horrendous.

Pick your poison so to speak.

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The housing shortage is simpler - too many people want to live in the same place

Gustav

Jul 25, 8:10am

Agree- in the age of telework, no need to live in a big city

nova_coug_fan

Jul 25, 8:16am

If people stopped being willing to pay insane prices, the market would correct

nova_coug_fan

Jul 25, 8:16am

Thats the problem, there really isn't "cheap" anything in RE right now.

rad dawg

Jul 25, 8:40am

But the Midwest except of South Dakota have

Archaea

Jul 25, 8:17am

Bad weather?

Gustav

Jul 25, 8:22am

Winds, tornados, snow, humidity

Archaea

Jul 25, 8:24am

And yet people and their property survive those things

Gustav

Jul 25, 8:29am

What about Flint, Michigan?

Archaea

Jul 25, 9:02am

What about Orem?

Gustav

Jul 25, 9:06am

It was more frigid and more snow the last 3 years in Utah than where I live in Wisconsin.

TN_Coug

Jul 25, 8:29am

And that is why Arizona and Nevada are better places

Archaea

Jul 25, 9:05am

Sometimes I do go on Zillow to look at the comparable mansion I could buy in

JuicyJam

Jul 25, 8:19am

I'm actually kinda embarrassed how often I do this. Ha.

gangbusters

Jul 25, 8:21am

Here is the first random 600K home I clicked on near Little Rock Arkansas:

JuicyJam

Jul 25, 8:27am

2.6 acres! Yep, I've done lots of searching in LR, too. Seems like a good area

gangbusters

Jul 25, 8:29am

Have you BEEN to Little Rock? NWA is better IMHO.

Archaea

Jul 25, 10:28am

The insurance on my Oklahoma rental property is almost as high as the rest of

OnEMoReTrY

Jul 25, 8:25am

No mountains and too many

Archaea

Jul 25, 8:25am

Just like TNT you can move to Texas

novacoug1

Jul 25, 8:30am

Just don't go to Fairview, where the Mormon haters live

Gustav

Jul 25, 8:31am

Or Tooele

novacoug1

Jul 25, 8:43am

Builder unsold inventory is highest it has been since 2009.

cougar95

Jul 25, 8:33am

You had me at soccer fans. We cannot allow this to continue.

Pro Logic

Jul 25, 9:28am

I agree but most men in Utah have a wife that insists on living close-

gopman

Jul 25, 9:36am

Utah County has added 200,000 people since 2012. Anywhere with a growing

Odysseus

Jul 25, 9:46am

But a booming economy. You can live where the population never grows and often a

Archaea

Jul 25, 10:26am

Sure, but no matter how strong the economy is, if there are 75,000 people per

Odysseus

Jul 25, 11:49am

Tradeoffs. Living in the middle of the country is so much more

gopman

Jul 25, 11:53am

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