• jj4211@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    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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      4 hours ago

      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.