Fun With Real Estate

[jmfunnyface]

Since Craig's in North Carolina, I've been really looking at real estate down there. These are some of my favorite. I'm in awe of how many new developments are being built. I'm torn on new homes. I really like the idea that you can move right in & not have to spend years fixing things or dealing with the damage that other people have done to the

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[jmfunnyface]

NJ is so insane. You shouldn't feel bad because it's the state you want to live in. It's not like these houses are down the block from you, and you didn't see them. They're over 8 hours away. It would be even cheaper for you to live in Oklahoma, but who wants to move there? That's the way I look at it.

What really depresses me is that according to salary.com, I would need to make nearly $70,000 living in Boston, Providence or New Haven (a little lower in New Haven) to have the same standard of living as I have in Philadelphia. Considering that grad schools give you about $15,000, I'm going to be living in a cardboard box if I get into the schools in those cities. I didn't think the difference would be so high. I thought a city is a city. And I don't even want to think about living in LA.

Yeah, it really does seem like people are moving down there in droves. I didn't know it was so high until I heard that on the radio. I don't believe I actually know anyone our age that has moved down there recently. A bunch of my older family members are down in Wilmington, but that's just as expensive as NJ because it's so popular.