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    Count your blessings on house prices. It is nothing to spend $300,000 to $500,000 for a basic house now. Fixer-uppers go for $200,000. I expect the prices will go down but there is so little rental accommodation and with low interest, people are buying to have a roof over their heads. Crazy!
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    Our 1950’s ranch house is 1400 sq ft and worth 320. It’s in a really desirable neighborhood. In my hometown in Wisconsin it would be 150.

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    I see twice as many people are moving to Oregon than are leaving. That doesn't bode well for their housing situation.

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    IL has been bleeding people for years. High taxes are given has a primarily reason, especially property taxes.

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    Jane, that’s why our housing situation is so bad. Plus the average family here earns 45k for family of 4 so they can’t afford homes.

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    I love Vermont--and northern New England generally--at least the scenery. I'd consider moving there, but them's some long, cold winters.

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    Cold winters followed by black fly springs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yppej View Post
    Cold winters followed by black fly springs.
    One man's meat is another man's poison.

    You see cold winters and black fly springs, I see this:

    vermont rob swanson.jpg

    Those photos were in our local paper, but I like this picture of winter, taken from my house. Some will say bleak--I say beautiful.

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    Vermont is beautiful. But no way I am ever giving up my mild 4 seasons.

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    I checked the map going back to 2013 as there wasn't data for 2012, and I noticed that IL had around 60% to 65% outbound and 30%ish inbound all those years. I'm not surprised. We have been mulling over leaving IL for a while now even though all of our family members live here.

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