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[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Now include property taxes and homeowners insurance. Most of Texas would shift bright fucking red.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

So would NJ! Property taxes are insane here

[–] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 17 points 5 days ago

Low income probably

[–] l_b_i@pawb.social 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Fun bit for the west tip of Maryland, that's a resort area so lots of people from NOVA, DC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, etc... have vacation homes there, greatly inflating the median home price.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's the same with the red spot in north-western Michigan. A lot of cottages for rich people from the southern cities in michigan.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

C’mon up!

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Missouri is weird

None of that is around St Louis or Kansas City

I wonder what role property taxes play in this. Illinois has some of the highest property taxes in the country

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's average home prices vs average wages. Things like property taxes and cost of living aren't included.

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That's what I was mostly interested in, how property taxes affect home values

[–] 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The areas of Missouri are just low income. I'm from Kansas and I noticed a couple of our yellow counties are college towns.

That is interesting

My mindset while looking at the graph is ridiculously out of control housing prices, but the inverse would also be true of low incomes as well

Certainly makes me feel for those where both situations are true

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 4 days ago

Wow. Get why people say Chicago is affordable. Didn't even impact the surrounding counties like other cities.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago

On the border of 4-6 & 6-10, yeah. Spent around $150k on rent before moving back in to care for elderly parents.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Those wolves air dropped to Isle Royale paying a lot for their mortgages