The Pros And Cons Of Where You Live

[Yehoshua]

If you're willing to get a condo or townhouse you can still have that low end but yes a house now will set you back at least 300k.  Although we bought at the peak 10 years ago and it is only in the past year or so that prices caught up to and zoomed ahead of when we bought.

Btw I am feeling good I don't live in a place where houses are compared by how wide they are...it's like the Jewish version of rednecks comparing their single and double wide trailers! 😂😂

True, and 300k is still a third of the prices here in LA.

Lol to the house widths. The first time I heard of houses being measured in width in Queens I thought they were joking.

Another point about the sunny days though. While SD may have as many, Denver has rain and snow when it's cloudy while in SD it's just the marine layer that usually burns off my noon. Not to mention the cold...

[ExGingi]

For $107k with a 20 minute commute?

20 minute commute to where?

I have a 3 minute walk to my office on the main Avenue of my neighborhood. Same with Shul, Mikvah and grocery store. Supermarket is less than 10 minute walk. All roads are straight with proper sidewalks.

Kids can walk to school (and take younger siblings in carriage).

Best of all - כאן צוה השם את הברכה!

[grodnoking]

wow 20 foot wide lot for $500k. its getting really crazy (i got my 28 ft wide in move in condition without needing ANY work for $380k in 2009 before the rush , and friends got semis for below 350k...). Still lower prices than KGH, but maybe just wait for the next downturn?

2009 was a good time to buy.

I'm thinking about living in Miami, but can't decide where. I love the heat, and dont mind humidity. I'll need to go down a few more times before I can see all the different neighborhoods.

[MosheD]

Come out to Long Island. The commute to downtown is a bit longer, (takes my wife approx 50 min and 35 on Sundays) but we have lirr for those working in midtown. You get a lot more for your money out here. And after saving on no city income tax you only end up paying 2-3 thousand more in property tax.

+1
From my BIL there is LIRR right there and commute can take as little as 40 min if you get the right train.
It is also easy commute to 5T/FR without their prices

[Zevi16]

 Don't residents of Staten Island get ez pass for ultra cheap? That really adds up.

[shiframeir]

Don't residents of Staten Island get ez pass for ultra cheap? That really adds up.

we do, but of course that's bc we need to take bridges to go anywhere (unless u take the ferry)...

[shiframeir]

2009 was a good time to buy.

I'm thinking about living in Miami, but can't decide where. I love the heat, and dont mind humidity. I'll need to go down a few more times before I can see all the different neighborhoods.

I'm dreaming of moving to hollywood fl (decent houses at decent prices/seems to be good mix of Jews who aren't stuck up), but it makes sense to wait a few more years for the housing market to collapse again and by low. Fl houses seem to be back up to their highest prices, and also note that lots of miami may be underwater in 20 years...

[shiframeir]

Come out to Long Island. The commute to downtown is a bit longer, (takes my wife approx 50 min and 35 on Sundays) but we have lirr for those working in midtown. You get a lot more for your money out here. And after saving on no city income tax you only end up paying 2-3 thousand more in property tax.

I have lots of family in 5 towns but I can't give up my simple consistent 40 minute commute door to door. Based on google maps, even with lirr it will still take an hour to my office downtown.

[efflpetzel]

Spent a couple of hours today visiting friends in willowbrook & loved it, beautiful up and coming community

[Sport]

I have lots of family in 5 towns but I can't give up my simple consistent 40 minute commute door to door. Based on google maps, even with lirr it will still take an hour to my office downtown.

I wasn't talking about the 5 Towns. Although the commute is probably similiar to downtown via lirr.

[Sport]

I have lots of family in 5 towns but I can't give up my simple consistent 40 minute commute door to door. Based on google maps, even with lirr it will still take an hour to my office downtown.

I wasn't talking about the 5 Towns. Although the commute from here to downtown is probably similiar   via lirr.

[elit]

Even if they are 3k in Pico, outside of NY or LA those prices are INSANE.  You can get a HUGE house and yard for a 3k mortgage in Denver and a nice house for a 3k/month 15 year mortgage in Denver (and it's way more expensive here than in other Midwestern cities) plus our property tax is a quarter of California and our day school tuition is about half too.  We moved here from LA and when I tell my friends that in just a few years we won't have any mortgage that blows their mind!

That's insane for anywhere my monthly mortgage on a 10 k property including LI taxes are Better than that

[MosheD]

I have lots of family in 5 towns but I can't give up my simple consistent 40 minute commute door to door. Based on google maps, even with lirr it will still take an hour to my office downtown.

Where in LI were you googling? Try ZIP 11710

[shiframeir]

Where in LI were you googling? Try ZIP 11710

on my google at no point less than an 1hr7mn commute even if living right by the bellmore lirr stop (11710) to get to my office at One battery, plus less service later in evening for even longer commute, and need to make transfers in subway to boot... i moved to SI for the great downtown commute, one comfortable bus (with online gps tracking to know when they are coming/how far away) straight to my office, and including walking to the bus my commute is usually under 45min, even at 11pm. if i worked in midtown, i prob would move to 5towns/LI.

[Sport]

on my google at no point less than an 1hr7mn commute even if living right by the bellmore lirr stop (11710) to get to my office at One battery, plus less service later in evening for even longer commute, and need to make transfers in subway to boot... i moved to SI for the great downtown commute, one comfortable bus (with online gps tracking to know when they are coming/how far away) straight to my office, and including walking to the bus my commute is usually under 45min, even at 11pm. if i worked in midtown, i prob would move to 5towns/LI.

Yeah the commute to downtown is not as short and simple as midtown especially if you intend on using mass transit. My wife actually drives downtown and it  takes her about 50 minutes.

[CS1]

Yeah the commute to downtown is not as short and simple as midtown especially if you intend on using mass transit. My wife actually drives downtown and it  takes her about 50 minutes.

are there parking fees where she works?

[Sport]

are there parking fees where she works?

Yes, after employee discount its about $20.

[CS1]

Yes, after employee discount its about $20.

per day? per week? (per month?  )

[Sport]

per day? per week? (per month?  )

Per day .

[CS1]

Per day .

worth the extra $15/day over the subway to save an extra 1-2 hrs. total per day, plus the subway noises, smells, hassles, transfers, and risks of a lady being harassed, etc... Rush hour has no seats, sometimes, so it's not even relaxing.