i suppose you could say the same about buying a house. just make that initial 300.000 and from there on out its easy. everything looks better on paper

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topato 2 hours ago | parent [-]

My house is a ~700 sqft. condominium, gov. subsidized for lower income individuals, and even my mortgage is more than 300k… maybe I’m just basing my info off of coastal city prices, but is it possible to buy a reasonably nice home located in a reasonably nice amerikkkan city… for $300k in 2026?

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esseph an hour ago | parent [-]

That would buy you thousands of square feet and often several acres within 20 minute drive to a lot of US city downtown areas.

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8n4vidtmkvmk an hour ago | parent [-]

Not from what I've seen. The desirable neighborhoods are 500-600k. Suburbs outside major city

	▲	catlifeonmars 12 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Desirable neighborhoods are by definition expensive. The trick is to find a neighborhood you like where your home can just be a home and not a top-heavy investment. Acknowledging this isn’t always easy or possible, but just pointing out that this is a self reinforcing problem.
	▲	esseph 22 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You didn't read what I said. I mentioned acres of land. You normally don't have multiple acres of land in the suburbs.