Re: TW and relocation

[Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- MARVIN -dot- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM>]

>
> Someone said:
>
> >a house in the SF Bay area.  The *average* middle-class
>
> >     American house (4 br/2.5ba/2-car garage) costs anywhere from
> >    $300-500+k...good deals on 1br apt. rents are in the $1500 range
> > *if*    you can stand being on a waiting list for a few months.
>
> ----------------------------
> I constantly see these exaggerations about the cost of housing
> in the Silicon Valley area. There are lots of decent houses
> under $200K. My 4 br 2 ba house was just appraised at $202K.
> It is a nice house located in a clean and quiet neighborhood.
> It is the most expensive model in the subdivision.
>
> You can rent a decent house for $1500.
>
> If you don't mind a 1.5 hour commute, you can buy a very nice
> 4 br for $120K in some of the small towns East of here.
> Check out the San Jose Mercury on Sunday.
>

I should emphasize Bob's point about commutes. The prices he quotes for
his own neighborhood make me guess it's in the East Bay; many of the
high tech firms are on the other side of the bay on the Peninsula, an
area that features the high prices/rents one generally hears about. If
you're willing to commute in heavy traffic, you can get better prices
but the traffic is getting worse every day.

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