• jj4211@lemmy.world
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    9 天前

    To an extent. But I can buy a house for like 25% of the typical cost around here for a 1986 property versus a recent build, even with comparable location and land area.

    Varies by locale, in LA the value of structures are likely a rounding error, in the middle of nowhere, the structure is nearly everything.

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      9 天前

      yes, but most of the population lives in urban centers. they don’t live in the middle of no where. and it’s not viable for them to move there.

      there are houses 2 hours from my city that cost like 200K. i could easily by them. but I can’t live there because it would mean spending 4-5 hours in a car every day. there are no jobs in those towns. anything that’s an hours drive or less, is closer to a million dollars. which i can’t afford.