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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AlotOfReading 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Can you ground the discussion by mentioning what you think these cities are? Taking Columbus, OH as the most average of American cities and a 20m isochrone map from city center, there are currently 0 parcels for sale with 3+ ("several") acres under $300k. There are a few within 30m drive, one of which even has a possibly habitable structure. The rest are bare agricultural land you'd need additional investment to actually live on.

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8n4vidtmkvmk 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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

	▲	catlifeonmars an hour 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 an hour 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.