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by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 10/30/2015, 8:52am PDT |
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I used to read newspapers for a Washington DC clipping service, circa 1990. One of the newspapers I read was the Billings Gazette, the local paper for the capital city of Montana. The editor was telling a story in an editorial about housing prices, in which he was trying to hire another reporter because there was enough news he needed another one. He was interviewing a reporter who flew in from Los Angeles.
One of the questions the editor asked him was how he could afford to take a pay cut (he was offering about 1/2 of what the guy made in L.A.) He said that his house, in a not very good part of Los Angeles County, would sell for about $300,000 (more than he owed on it), and he could buy a bigger house than he owned now, in Billings for about $100,000. Leave the crime, smog and high pressure of Southern California for a simpler life and still do work he loves, yeah, he could stand that.
The editor pointed out that for some small businesses in the area, you could buy the business and the business owner's house for $300,000.
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My generation by My generation 10/27/2015, 8:55am PDT 
Yep, the middle class is getting fucked. by Oom Shnibble 10/27/2015, 9:56am PDT
47% dont pay income tax! NT by Mitt Romney 10/27/2015, 11:18am PDT
The average cost of a home is 188k. Solution: Move out of Seattle NT by WITTGENSTEIN 10/27/2015, 10:47am PDT
Re: The average cost of a home is 188k. Solution: Move out of Seattle by Atheist Christpuncher 10/27/2015, 4:44pm PDT
Good news: Being a whiny urban hipster douche is now its own punishment. by dr. no 10/28/2015, 10:50pm PDT
750k = 7000% of 95k NT by new math 10/27/2015, 11:24am PDT
hyperbole NT by sins of the new fathers 10/28/2015, 1:21am PDT
a specific paranthetical number for a specific number NT by hyperbole for TDarcos 10/28/2015, 10:07am PDT
The pricing of houses here is roughly correct by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 10/30/2015, 8:52am PDT
No it's not you stupid paraplegic asshole, shut up. Go away. EUROTRASH HELP NT by WITTGENSTEIN 10/30/2015, 10:59am PDT
I don't know anything about housing prices in your country. LEAVE ME ALONE by Eurotrash 10/30/2015, 1:02pm PDT
This is a case where Paul is 100% correct by Souffle of Pain 10/30/2015, 1:08pm PDT
Typical TARDCOSian anecdote by The Locust's Realator 10/31/2015, 3:02pm PDT
You got trolled by TDARCOS. GAME OVER, MAN. GAME OVER. by dr. no 11/18/2015, 2:03am PST
I bought my house for 100k in 2007 and it is currently worth 80k. #ThanksObama by Fullofkittens 11/18/2015, 6:17am PST
Re: I bought my house for 100k in 2007 and it is currently worth 80k... by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 11/18/2015, 5:47pm PST
Sure, I guess I'll finance the TDARCOS way via multiple credit cards by Overseas Property Manager 11/18/2015, 10:16pm PST
I wish to apologize for my misleading remark by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 11/18/2015, 5:17pm PST
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