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> You can get a five bedroom, three-bathroom house in the southernmost part of San Jose for less than $500,000 -- about one-third the price it would cost in Mou
by jdthomas 15y ago
> You can get a five bedroom, three-bathroom house in the southernmost part of San Jose for less than $500,000 -- about one-third the price it would cost in Mountain View.
Seems like by considering a 500k house inexpensive reinforces the point that we are in a 'bubble' in Silicon Valley.
- taskstrike 15y agoJesus, they don't even build houses that big in a lot of neighborhoods.
- geogra4 15y agoYou can get a 5/3 for 1/10 of that price (literally just saw one listed for 65k) in Pittsburgh. And Pittsburgh was one of the few places not hit that hard by the real estate downturn.
- count 15y agoIn the same 'quality' of neighborhood? You can get a 5/3 for $39k in Charleston, SC in the middle of the ghetto.
- geogra4 15y agoNot the ghetto, just a normal neighborhood. A bit dicier than your typical picket-fenced suburb but that really just comes with living in the midst of the great recession.
- paganel 15y agoAs a guy who lives in a 7x5m studio somewhere in Eastern Europ, in a building like this one http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3152/3082829290_9653703b1e_b.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3152/3082829290_9653703b1e_b.j..., I try and try again to find out why would you need three bathrooms and five bedrooms, but I really cannot think of any reasons.
- xyzzyz 15y agoYou may have wife and kids, for one thing. Or wife, kids, and parents you take care of. My parents have 5 children, and while now their house is way too big for their needs, it was not the case when me and all my siblings lived with them.