Now that the weather has returned back to a "typical" Alaskan summer--(i.e. cloudy and gloomy, with a touch of cold) I again entertain fantasies of warmer climate lifestyles. Trouble is -- the cities that seem somewhat feasible for us (career and climate wise) have the most utterly ridiculous housing prices! Folks may say Alaska is expensive, but I say pooh to that! Land is freakishly affordable--(maybe because they actually have it??)
Ever checked housing prices in San Fran, New York City or Washington DC? Yikes! Most of California is actually that way--average middle class incomes and the craziest housing market ever!
Sometimes I have to wonder about those Californians living in $500,000 shacks-- do they even realize that in some parts of the midwest they could own a mansion (with staff!) for that price? The weirdest thing is, that incomes don't fluctuate much at all from state to state--at least not like housing costs do.
Which leaves me with only one conclusion. As housing prices are influenced by one and only one thing (DEMAND) it must mean that everyone secretly wants to be a liberal! The highest cost of living is always in the bluest of blue states-- liberal meccas. You may say: "well that's just where the jobs are." Hmm... in that case--please tell that to the good folks at Faux news! Maybe instead of spending hours upon hours telling America that the liberals are out to kill jobs, they could simply take their heads out of the sand and see that "liberal markets" are the economic drivers in this country....doh!
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