It would've been better to show a house closer to the city as a better comparison to what people can buy here. For example, I bought a house in December right in Minneapolis within walking distance to the Uptown area (basically the Dupont Circle/Adams Morgan area of Minneapolis) for $320K. 2300 sq ft. 3 bed/2 baths, finished basement, 2 car garage. This is a couple of blocks away from the THE bar/restaurant nightlife area of the city.

Young married couples have no problem buying a very nice single-family house together even in the close-in suburbs.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugly McMansion house! Another bad example of gables run amuck.

+ 100

pipe down angry small home dweller. The taste is an opinion but the size and livable space is not.

As it happens, I actually own three houses, two of them custom built. And size is an "opinion" as well. You couldn't pay me to live in that oversized thing. It's cheaply built and ugly as sin.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh good. A garage for each member of my family, two of whom are under 8.

Why the heck would anyone need 4 garages?

Uh, because you're u have 3-4 cars. Not sure why this is hard to understand. People do have multiple cars. Even her in DC

+- I'm from AZ And the majority of new homes have no less than a two car garage and most have three and sometimes four. Of fcourse your cars go in there in addition to workbenches, power tools, gardening tools, bikes, ATV's, sports equipment, cleaning supplies.... the list goes on and on. I truly do not understand the ignorant and negative attitude towards garages in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think that's good but you don't like the weather - check out Dallas. We moved to Dallas 18 months ago and haven't looked back once. Awesome quality of life, and the summer heat isn't nearly as bad as I expected. It's beautiful and green here, great roads, great economy & jobs.

Sounds great except for the fact that you live in TX.

Austin isn't like the rest.

But you still have to deal with the idiots elected to state government. I'd live in Austin in a heartbeat if it seceded and became an independent, Democratic state.

Then it would be unaffordable and anti business dum dum

Dum dum? Are you 12 years old?

Dell, IBM, Apple, 3M and AT&T all have major operations in Austin. They have lots of smaller tech companies too, and a huge medical industry. Plenty of business there. It would do just fine on its own, and then Texas could make that shithole Houston its capital, which is probably more appropriate to the mentality of the rest of the state.

Nah, Dallas or San Antonio. Houston the city is pretty progressive these days.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think that's good but you don't like the weather - check out Dallas. We moved to Dallas 18 months ago and haven't looked back once. Awesome quality of life, and the summer heat isn't nearly as bad as I expected. It's beautiful and green here, great roads, great economy & jobs.

Sounds great except for the fact that you live in TX.

Austin isn't like the rest.

But you still have to deal with the idiots elected to state government. I'd live in Austin in a heartbeat if it seceded and became an independent, Democratic state.

Then it would be unaffordable and anti business dum dum

Dum dum? Are you 12 years old?

Dell, IBM, Apple, 3M and AT&T all have major operations in Austin. They have lots of smaller tech companies too, and a huge medical industry. Plenty of business there. It would do just fine on its own, and then Texas could make that shithole Houston its capital, which is probably more appropriate to the mentality of the rest of the state.

It doesn't take a 12 year old to know that Texas success is because of the business friendly government, dum dum

I'm with the huge house w/postage stamp lot hater.

And saying so does not mean I'm a shit shack dweller/lover. It is just a preference. I like homes around 2500 sf tops with a little space between me and my neighbors.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think that's good but you don't like the weather - check out Dallas. We moved to Dallas 18 months ago and haven't looked back once. Awesome quality of life, and the summer heat isn't nearly as bad as I expected. It's beautiful and green here, great roads, great economy & jobs.

Sounds great except for the fact that you live in TX.

Austin isn't like the rest.

But you still have to deal with the idiots elected to state government. I'd live in Austin in a heartbeat if it seceded and became an independent, Democratic state.

Then it would be unaffordable and anti business dum dum

Dum dum? Are you 12 years old?

Dell, IBM, Apple, 3M and AT&T all have major operations in Austin. They have lots of smaller tech companies too, and a huge medical industry. Plenty of business there. It would do just fine on its own, and then Texas could make that shithole Houston its capital, which is probably more appropriate to the mentality of the rest of the state.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in Huntsville, North Alabama. A flyover state, I know.

We have a great cost of living = income ratio, a city full of scientists and engineers, a bit of arts for our small city, great nature, rivers and parks, 200 sunny days a year, close drive to beaches, commute to work is averaging 15 minutes, real estate is cheap.

Not sure if meth labs counts as "scientists and engineers" but the rest sounds nice except the Alabama part.

I'm a dc native, but are people in dc really this ignorant?

Yes, they are. Which is why so many of us leave (and keeping coming back to this forum for the entertainment value!).

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Anonymous wrote:If you think that's good but you don't like the weather - check out Dallas. We moved to Dallas 18 months ago and haven't looked back once. Awesome quality of life, and the summer heat isn't nearly as bad as I expected. It's beautiful and green here, great roads, great economy & jobs.

Sounds great except for the fact that you live in TX.

Austin isn't like the rest.

But you still have to deal with the idiots elected to state government. I'd live in Austin in a heartbeat if it seceded and became an independent, Democratic state.

Then it would be unaffordable and anti business dum dum

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Anonymous wrote:If you think that's good but you don't like the weather - check out Dallas. We moved to Dallas 18 months ago and haven't looked back once. Awesome quality of life, and the summer heat isn't nearly as bad as I expected. It's beautiful and green here, great roads, great economy & jobs.

Sounds great except for the fact that you live in TX.

Austin isn't like the rest.

But you still have to deal with the idiots elected to state government. I'd live in Austin in a heartbeat if it seceded and became an independent, Democratic state.

Anonymous wrote:I hate huge houses on postage-stamp lots. Hate them.

Also, plenty of places even cheaper (and warmer) than MN.

Shit shacker hola

I hate huge houses on postage-stamp lots. Hate them.

Also, plenty of places even cheaper (and warmer) than MN.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd consider it...except we're gov't types whose job opportunities are absolutely best here.

DC employs the unemployable and people with worthless degrees

+1, look at policy and poly sci degrees.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in Huntsville, North Alabama. A flyover state, I know.

We have a great cost of living = income ratio, a city full of scientists and engineers, a bit of arts for our small city, great nature, rivers and parks, 200 sunny days a year, close drive to beaches, commute to work is averaging 15 minutes, real estate is cheap.

Not sure if meth labs counts as "scientists and engineers" but the rest sounds nice except the Alabama part.

When I read things like this I wonder if the people who post them have just never really been anywhere. I've been to Huntsville many times. It's a very nice town. Maybe get out of your DC bubble and visit the rest of the country. So many of you spend your vacations traveling overseas, which is great. But the US is huge. Most of it is very different from DC/NoVA/MOCO. To dismiss an entire state is just ignorant. And no. I am not from Alabama.

I played in Rugby tournaments down in Huntsville when i was in undergraduate at Vanderbilt, I am well aware what a shit hole Huntsville is. As for the rest of Alabama, it is just another poor humid southern back woods dive with a few decent beaches and a weird dynamic of really poor people and a few people who emulate an antiquated slave owning ruling class. Forgive me for being unimpressed.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd consider it...except we're gov't types whose job opportunities are absolutely best here.

DC employs the unemployable and people with worthless degrees

My husband is former military with an electrical engineering degree. He could do other things, but he chooses to do work to protect the citizens of this country.

But sure, you keep telling yourself that people who do gov't work are losers who couldn't get a job elsewhere.