I was looking up an article a friend was in and came across this little city by city comparison on best places to retire. Kind of interesting but figure I Would share a snapshot of the city I live in now.
But first I have to shock you with the city where I Was raised. You read it right - median house price over $600k. But then look at the weather - sigh. IT's about all I miss about good old San Jose these days though. A little further out from the ocean and the big cities now, but closer to Tahoe and the mountains now. I Feel pretty central. I wonder if someday Sacramento will be as crazy. IT is getting there fast. But probably will never be quite as popular without the super nice weather and high tech jobs that San Jose offers. Besides that, eh, Sacramento has served us well/.
San Jose:
Sacramento:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bpretire/2006/snapsh...
I want to see everyone's city - hehe - whoever is not shy I guess. Sometimes I feel private about exactly where I live and days like today I don't care I guess.
ETA: I have no idea where they came up with sacramento temps. High is usually over 100 in july - average 100 - and it is 30 degrees outside right now. I would say the temp drops as low as 30 in winter - but maybe 40 is average. I am just not sure what those numbers are s'posed to be - high or average - but the number for july is super wrong. So you can't really see why I hate the weather here - LOL.
November 30th, 2006 at 06:32 pm 1164911520
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Unfortunately it looks like not every city is there. Can you find a city close to you??? If you click on a big city it will list the cities nearby too - so you can see which ones are included and which one is closest to you.
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look at all those CA on there
November 30th, 2006 at 07:28 pm 1164914890
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/top25s/priceyhomes.html
November 30th, 2006 at 07:56 pm 1164916606
Maybe that's why the CNN report only listed towns immediately north and south of mine- to show how much affordable they are to live in!
November 30th, 2006 at 10:47 pm 1164926833
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http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bpretire/2006/snapshots/PL5305280.html
December 1st, 2006 at 03:57 pm 1164988651
Yeah I figured this post would leave out the other countries, and many of the smaller towns. Not much you can do.
I HEAR YOU Gruntina - that is why I longer live in your neck of the woods - hehe. Even on $100k income I Wasn't sure how to swing it without taking way more financial risk than I felt was necessary. But I am a walking advertisement for MOVING somewhere cheaper. Our jobs don't rely on the high tech area though so it would be silly to stay there if we weren't going to make the big bucks. I know too many people unwilling to leave for emotional reasons. Of course, I Am one to talk, I don't really want to leave Cali though it could really be great financially. I got my own emotional attachment issues.