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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meant to add, so while it may be hard to make that much, it's not hard to "*imagine* making that much.[/quote]

Is it hard for you to *imagine* living on $43,000/year?  Because 50% of the households in the country make LESS than $43k.[/quote]

No, it's not hard for me to imagine living on $43K.  The average person in the US doesn't even go to college.[/quote]

Exactly.  And the average price of a [b]NEW single family home[/b] in the US in 2010 was $273K.  So you show me where I can buy my average, new, single family home for 273K and I'll be happy to imagine living on 43K.

Now in DC the median was 85K.  But I'd still take that after you show me the average, new, single family home I can buy for 550K anywhere in the DC area.

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Not the PP. But there[b] are plenty of homes for under 273K and 550K.[/b] They may not be mcmansions, but they are there.

I've grown to accept that I will never make above 60-70K as long as I am working in my field. It's likely that I'll be in the 40K-50K for a while. Yet somehow, we'll survive. [/quote]

Really?  You show me where in the DC metro area there are NEW (not existing) single family (not townhouses) for sale for under 273 or 550K.   That's what the stats are saying.  So if you can find this in the DC metro area (not Frederick, not Fredericksburg)  I'll go get my checkbook.

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Funny how the PP said there were homes in that range, and you came back with "new" and "single family (not townhouses)".  Why not just add "with a boat dock and within walking distance to fabulous restaurants"?[/quote]

PP here and I didn't "come back" with that info...it was part of the stats I quoted in the original post.  And fwiw, I don't even like new homes.  I prefer (and live in) an older home.  BUT...since folks are throwing around the stats, I think people need to compare apples to apples.  It isn't about entitlement...its about the fact that in the places where most people in the US live, the median or average earner can afford an average new home.  The stats specifically said new (not existing) single family home.  So its not right that you look only at the parts of the stats that suit your argument.[/quote]

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