[geeks] RE: [rescue] OT: ADD - MOVING to geeks

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 03:00:04PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 03:54:47PM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > It does if you are a mexican, I would imagine.
> 
> What would being mexican have to do with it?  

You would have grown up with the idea that a $100k buys a palace?  And
if you happened to live in the US and owned one, you might feel
extremely rich?

> It has everything to do with *where* you live.

And what expectations you were raised with.
 
> I cant think of a single home in our neighborhood that would sell for 
> *less* than $125-150K right now.  most of these homes are around 30-35
> years old.  I bought mine for $92K three years ago, and its probably worth
> $160K now.

Well that's a nice profit.  That kinda money can buy quite a nice
place around here (huge amount of square feet in house, over an acre, etc).

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd