$700,000 Homes in Texas, California (Far far from population centers) and Massachusetts

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

weird that they use Pioneertown as comparison to Dallas and Somerville Mass. A better comparison would be Dallas, Los Angeles and Boston. Or make them all rural parts of each state.

$700,000 Homes in Texas, California and Massachusetts
A Craftsman-style house in Dallas, a desert retreat in Pioneertown and a two-bedroom condominium in Somerville.

Dallas | $699,900
A Craftsman-style house built in 1930, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 0.2-acre lot




Pioneertown, Calif. | $699,000
A desert retreat built in 2001, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 1.30-acre lot



Somerville, Mass. | $649,000
A two-bedroom, one-bathroom condominium in a circa-1900 house




https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/realestate/700000-homes-texas-california-massachusetts.html

[GreenWave]

1. Hard pass on all 3.

[LoisB]

2. You couldn't pay me to pay $700k for any of these three houses.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. In Hong Kong for only $637K you can get this beautiful apartment

365 sq ft, 1Bd/1Ba

Apparently you'll have the privilege of sleeping on top of the closet, which is nice.

https://hongkonghomes.com/property/for-sale/western-kennedy-town/kin-yick-mansion/182194?navigation=search&back=%2Fhong-kong-property%2Ffor-sale&page=1&offset=4

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. those tiny apartments always have a sleeping loft. I would hate climbing a ladder

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. Yeah, me too!

Bear in mind it's only this cheap because it's not in a nice part of town.

But hey, at least it's not in the old Kowloon Walled City

[Croney]

6. Somerville is very densely populated and abuts Cambridge.

Somerville is cheaper than Cambridge but it has become quite "hip." I'd rather live there than either of the other two choices.