Unfortunately in this area its much the same. People are buying out along the western edge of this area, anything else is not affordable. Unfortunately its really making the country's worse traffic congestion even worse.
laryr On 11/15/05, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not neccessarily. > > jim, in salisbury, 2500 sq ft house ~ $250,000 > > CERTAINLY affordable for ya. > > go up Route 13 a skosh (into delaware) and 2500 sq foot ~ 200,000 > > stay away from the metro area, and you can live nice. > > 90k is big money grip down here. > > tw > > On 11/15/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > get yer ass off the east coast and come out here where 90K would make you a > > wealthy home owner.... > > > > > We're considering moving (from the Boston area). My company has offices > > > in > > > Moosic (outside of Scranton). > > > > > > Any comments on the area? Schools (aside from Dover how are they with > > > science curricula)? Services (broadband, cable, phone, etc)? > > > > > > > > > The move isn't something we're looking forward too unfortunately. We just > > > can't afford to buy a house here although we LOVE the area dearly. But I > > > make $90,000/year and I can't come close to buying a house in Boston Metro > > > (isn't that just plain sick?) By most standards I'm doing very well but > > > we're still in a small apartment with no storage, no laundry and no > > > equity. > > > > > > (Houses in my neighborhood, West Somerville, are running over $600,000 > > > now.) > > > > > > If I move I can keep my current salary which is great. It would net us a > > > very nice house in the Moosic/Scranton area. Unfortunately we don't have > > > much saved for a down payment but I think we can scrape enough together in > > > time. > > > > > > I will have to give up telecommuting (a major drag for me), but my family > > > WILL get a house out of the deal. I've always felt guilty that I've never > > > given the kids those things that I had growing up: a backyard, a swing > > > set, > > > a basement or attic to build giant Lego creations, etc. Where we are my > > > kids can't even go outside unless we go with them. > > > > > > My (7 year-old) son goes into tears at the mere mention of moving... but I > > > think he'll get over it. And we wouldn't be doing it until the summer in > > > any case (so he'll be able to finish out the school year at least). > > > > > > It really sucks that my choices are move the whole family several hundred > > > miles or continue paying god-awfully high rent and never own my own home. > > > > > > Ah well... I guess I shouldn't complain. I'm sure there are a lot of > > > people > > > that would love to have my problems. ;^) > > > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:181976 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
