Choosing a place to live

[lurch70]

hahaha ...

Manhattan residents are crazy, but they drive this city's economy, not to mention most of the rest of this country.

My g/f works p/t for a couple, both doctors, that have 2 kids, one 6 the other 10 ... their "private school" cost them $30K a year .... per child.

That's just one of their expenses ... you do the rest of the math

I gotta hang out with more influential people

 

[dorian gray]

haha my son's going to private school but it wont be $30k a year believe me. That's more than my ENTIRE college education cost, about $10k more actually.

 

[JayKeeley]

haha my son's going to private school but it wont be $30k a year believe me. That's more than my ENTIRE college education cost, about $10k more actually.

WTF - isn't he like 8 months old?

 

[JayKeeley]

also

In Houston, $225,000 will buy a three-bedroom house with a game room, den, in-ground pool and hot tub.

In Manhattan, it will buy a parking space.

thread over.

I'm fucken moving to Houston to be with my fellow klan brethren.

 

[Dark One]

thread over.

I'm fucken moving to Houston to be with my fellow klan brethren.

Let's go in on a mansion and start up our dream of a metal label or some such endeavor. Seriously, you have no idea how fast I'd change my life around for something like that.

 

[J.]

yes, cost of living here is cheap compared to the rest of the country. my house was $152,000, which gave me 2-story, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, game room, a huge backyard, etc.

thing is, most people are wimps and cant take the humidity

 

[dorian gray]

WTF - isn't he like 8 months old?

19 months actually. But it's never too soon to start planning. I'm sure he'll be in 1st grade before I realize it.


Anyway, the desireable hoods here are so far out of my price range it's sickening. I'm talking $350,000-400,000 to start with. Our house is for sale for around $275,000. So, needless to say, we'll be renting something whilst I figure out where I'm going to build something - it's the only to get the exact house I want without having to pay a fortune to live in the good (read: trendy) hoods. We're architectural snobs btw. If we weren't, we wouldn't have any problems and just buy a cookie cutter suburb house. You only live once; might as well try and get what you want, eh?

 

[wildfyr]

yes, cost of living here is cheap compared to the rest of the country. my house was $152,000, which gave me 2-story, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, game room, a huge backyard, etc.

thing is, most people are wimps and cant take the humidity

Or mass evacuations.

I think George Foreman is trying to sell his Kingwood mansion. There were several estates for sale in that area I noticed during my last visit. Maybe you guys should go for it.