US Housing Market Faggotry

[lurch70]

people from Minnesota moving to Brooklyn? that's new!

apartments in the 5 boroughs can range for a 1 bedroom from $600 to $3500 ... sometime within the same city block.

typically transplants share the more expensive fancier ones close to Manhattan, but even sharing can set you back $800-$1000/mth.

 

[dorian gray]

$3500? Sweet. Fax me a contract.

 

[lurch70]

c'mon, you know you want it

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/abo/2011453406.html

 

[lurch70]

so the latest stats are that about 20% of homeowners in the US are underwater and another 33% or so 10% away from it.

 

[Furious B]

people from Minnesota moving to Brooklyn? that's new!

all the hipster girls want to go because they gain cool points just by virtue of living in Brooklyn. that and they all think they're going to be carrie fucking bradshaw.

fast forward a year later ==> move back home with mommy and daddy penniless.

apartments in the 5 boroughs can range for a 1 bedroom from $600 to $3500 ... sometime within the same city block.

$600?!? i've never seen anything for under 1,100 when looking for places in NYC. crazy.

 

[dorian gray]

c'mon, you know you want it

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/abo/2011453406.html

Pretty cool!

 

[dorian gray]

so the latest stats are that about 20% of homeowners in the US are underwater and another 33% or so 10% away from it.

That's not good.
What is up with people? Ditch the new car and keep the house.
haha these assholes at the end of the street who failed at a "flip" when the bubble burst a few years ago rolled out one day this summer. The wife saw them pack up a moving truck and just leave. Cops who checked on the property said they even took appliances. Fucking dicks.

 

[dorian gray]

he means you can stay in his closet

 

[lurch70]

you can get a decent size basement apartment in a house, close to transportation for about $600-$800.
its not so bad if you basically going to work all day and go out.

it is bad if you are trying to date.

 

[Furious B]

he means you can stay in his closet

 

[lurch70]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/realestate/14cov.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

 

[Disgustipated]

There was an article in the paper here last weekend, detailing the average house prices in the US at the moment, with the failing US dollar. Apparently you can buy a nice 4 bedroom, two-storey house in a leafy suburb for around $150,000. Here that would cost at least $400,000, ranging up to a million, dependant on the block, location etc. I didn't read the article, I was just relayed information from my dad. In there truth to this or what?

 

[lurch70]

yes, the prices are all over the place right now.

 

[dorian gray]

There was an article in the paper here last weekend, detailing the average house prices in the US at the moment, with the failing US dollar. Apparently you can buy a nice 4 bedroom, two-storey house in a leafy suburb for around $150,000. Here that would cost at least $400,000, ranging up to a million, dependant on the block, location etc. I didn't read the article, I was just relayed information from my dad. In there truth to this or what?

That price would be more like in an EXurb, not a suburb. And even then, that would be a bit low.

 

[Disgustipated]

The fuck's an EXurb? Anyway, the point is, America is fucked and Australia is going to rise up as as the new leaders of the Free World. Neil Young will come here and keep on rockin'.

 

[lurch70]

your continent is like what? ... 98% uninhabited? ... yes, you will rule.

 

[Disgustipated]

Haha, 97% I think.

 

[dorian gray]

A suburb is physically connected to a city but many times has a different name. An exurb is a city separated by some significant green space but still depends economically on the bigger city.

 

[lurch70]

A new house went up every 20 minutes during the 2004 building boom that seized Las Vegas and its sprawling suburbs, like Henderson. - National Geographic

 

[Krilons Resa]

Look at that shit. That's fucking stupid.