Reply #201: what's a large metro area? [View All]

[amazona]

Pick your metro area wisely. Families have homes in nice neighborhoods in the greater New Orleans area on way less than $100K a year, a fabulous income that nobody earns down here unless they're a brain surgeon or a Saints player or something like that. No property tax on homes assessed at $75K or less. I don't understand people who complain about property tax alone being $6,000 or $12,000 a year. There comes a point where it's like the beagle who won't stop howling. It's up to him to roll over and stop crushing his own testicles.

Flyover country is full of large, cheap homes in safe neighborhoods also. I know some folks who couldn't even afford to live in Louisiana, which I thought was the cheapest state ever. They moved to Kansas and were then able to buy a home. You've just got to investigate all the options.