geekchick: (money)
geekchick ([personal profile] geekchick) wrote2005-11-05 12:22 pm

perspective

I found a link to this reading friendsfriends. 46 acre farm with pond and views of Mt. Shasta. $392,000. I don't like the house itself at all, but...

46 acres. $392,000.

My next door neighbor's 2200-ish sf *townhouse* listed at $499,000, and the one three doors down sold for over half a million.

Yeah, I know: lower salaries, lower cost of living, lack of job market, all that. But still...
Sheesh.

Would be a good place to go retire and raise my goats, ya think? (I'd have plenty of room to get them a trampoline.)

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2005-11-05 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, I could be at your doorstep in mere hours, there. :)

Here... my tiny 1100sf fixer-upper in Mountain View appraises for $740K, the houses next door and across the street sold for more... I couldn't afford to live here if I didn't already have a place.