fogg88 said:
Are there any nice cities/communities left where you can still buy a really nice house for a quarter-mil, instead of it just getting you some shitty entry-level stucco piece of crap???
Yeah, the fucking town I live in!

It's an approximate 2 block area of geography that the g-damned houses are only worth about 25% to 35% more than they were 15 years ago
I will NEVER, EVER, EVER forgive my ex husband for demanding we buy a house here! Jesus, where I waanted to move the houses went up about 250% (no, I'm not shitting you). Places that were selling for $75,000 15 years ago are now selling for $250,000 and more.
I don't GET it!!! It's a decent urban/suburban area, convenient to major roads, walking distance to lots of stuff, across the street from a nice park, less than a mile from an elementary school that's partnered with a daycare center. It's a GREAT starter home!
Unfortunately, parking is for total SHIT, and the traffic patterns changed over the years and my house is now on the corner of a very busy intersection.
God I hate real estate ...