• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Places with median home prices under 300K and Democrats in state government:

    • Buffalo, NY
    • Rochester, NY
    • Michigan

    (Since you live in IN, you don’t need me to tell you that Michigan is a pretty nice state to live in).

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      11 months ago

      I live in Michigan. Most of the houses below 300k are either so far out in the sticks you can barely even get Internet, or they’re in dangerous and very run down areas.

      There are a few nice places listed at 250k, but they sell instantly and for quite a bit above what they’re listed at, so it’s not like you can actually get one of them.

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        11 months ago

        The median price is under 300K, so at least half the houses in Michigan cost less than 300K.

        So what you’re saying is that more than half the people in the state of Michigan live in houses that are not nice enough for you?

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                  11 months ago

                  Not if you hide the pending/contingent ones. They’re basically already sold.

                  Also, the houses that have a garage and aren’t pending are mostly above $250k. They barely count as being “below $300k”.

                  And like I said, those cheaper houses sell instantly and for a lot above the asking price, unless there’s something wrong with them that will cost a lot to fix. You can’t actually buy a $250k house for $250k.

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                    11 months ago

                    Even if you filter out pending/contingent sales and houses on the market less than 14 days, there are still >50 houses (not trailers) in that price range. And since they have been on the market for at least two weeks, they aren’t going to sell above asking price.

                    Yes, houses require maintenance/repairs. Even expensive houses require maintenance, in fact maintenance costs are generally higher in more expensive houses.

                    That’s just one of the tradeoffs of home ownership. You should be ready to replace pretty much everything in the house over the next ten years. If you don’t like performing maintenance or paying someone else to do it, you should rent.

                    Finally, $250K absolutely counts as “under $300K”.