Who's M3 rich and house poor - cost of car / value of home?

[Wendall]

Originally Posted by LarThaL
FWIW....

I live in western Massachusetts. 90 miles from Boston, 150 miles from NYC, so I can get to either place and back in a day if I wanted. We have no crime, no traffic. We have a vacation home on the coast of Maine, 2.5 hours away. Parking is free everywhere. Great private schools, an hour from skiing, beautiful scenery, great driving roads practically right out my back door. It is a very culturally diverse region with good restaurants, etc. Our COMBINED mortgage payments on a 7000 sq foot 6 bedroom primary home and 2500 sq foot 4 bedroom vacation home is $3600 per month.

SF and NYC can go f*ck themselves !!!! I didn't even want to stay in Boston after finishing all my medical training due the cost of living relative to salaries.

Originally Posted by Team Plutonium

Damn! I almost pay more in property tax. You are doing it right!

Word, I have a 3bd/3bth 1700 sq ft home in the OC and I pay $4300/mo (and I bought at the lows). I didnt know property was that cheap in Maine.

But I am still fortunate to be in Cali and have a trail attached to the back of my house, 7 minutes from the Beach, 2 hrs from the local ski resort, and 35 mins to downtown LA....oh and cant forget 4.5hrs to Vegas!

Sorry this post may come off a snobby to some but thats what a thread like this generates.

I have come to participate in the sword fight.

[Disciple7]

Occasionally I do feel some buyer's remorse for buying such an expensive car, of course that all goes away once I turn on the ignition.

[davesaddiction]

Originally Posted by biggynuts01

But I am still fortunate to be in Cali and have a trail attached to the back of my house, 7 minutes from the Beach, 2 hrs from the local ski resort

I am envious of this.

[radiantm3]

Originally Posted by biggynuts01

Originally Posted by LarThaL
FWIW....

I live in western Massachusetts. 90 miles from Boston, 150 miles from NYC, so I can get to either place and back in a day if I wanted. We have no crime, no traffic. We have a vacation home on the coast of Maine, 2.5 hours away. Parking is free everywhere. Great private schools, an hour from skiing, beautiful scenery, great driving roads practically right out my back door. It is a very culturally diverse region with good restaurants, etc. Our COMBINED mortgage payments on a 7000 sq foot 6 bedroom primary home and 2500 sq foot 4 bedroom vacation home is $3600 per month.

SF and NYC can go f*ck themselves !!!! I didn't even want to stay in Boston after finishing all my medical training due the cost of living relative to salaries.






Word, I have a 3bd/3bth 1700 sq ft home in the OC and I pay $4300/mo (and I bought at the lows). I didnt know property was that cheap in Maine.

But I am still fortunate to be in Cali and have a trail attached to the back of my house, 7 minutes from the Beach, 2 hrs from the local ski resort, and 35 mins to downtown LA....oh and cant forget 4.5hrs to Vegas!

Sorry this post may come off a snobby to some but thats what a thread like this generates.

I have come to participate in the sword fight.

Yup. That's the great thing about California. You get a bit of everything. Great weather pretty much 365 days a year. We actually don't get enough rain each year and it never snows except for in the mountains. Beach access is 1-2 hours away for most people and Skiing/Snowboarding is 2-3 hours away. I'm about 2.5 hours max away from 3 great race tracks and that doubles if I want to drive 4-6 hours. Lots of diversity which also means lots of great food. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the US so I have to pay to play.

[Wendall]

Originally Posted by radiantm3

Yup. That's the great thing about California. You get a bit of everything. Great weather pretty much 365 days a year. We actually don't get enough rain each year and it never snows except for in the mountains. Beach access is 1-2 hours away for most people and Skiing/Snowboarding is 2-3 hours away. I'm about 2.5 hours max away from 3 great race tracks and that doubles if I want to drive 4-6 hours. Lots of diversity which also means lots of great food. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the US so I have to pay to play.

RadiantM3, I never noticed that you were in Cali. I really love your car! Its the f*cken best.

Its perfectly purposeful and badass.

[radiantm3]

Originally Posted by biggynuts01

RadiantM3, I never noticed that you were in Cali. I really love your car! Its the f*cken best.

Its perfectly purposeful and badass.

Thanks. I lived in Long Beach/Anaheim for a couple years and Irvine for like 9. I do miss SoCal.