Come down here and look at what you would get for under 300k if you really want to experience sticker shock.

I work with several people who have more than 1 hour commutes.

Lots of people I know are hoping that the economic downturn allows for real estate prices to return to something normal here. I know I've seen a couple articles already about ex-Executives getting rid of expensive homes they purchased in areas like Silicon valley earlier this year.



>>Just out of curiousity, whats the range of prices you've seen there for the type of property you'd be interested in.
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>It's nothing like what you're likely to see in SoCal, but what I'd pay ~US$135K for in Indianapolis or Charlotte, NC would run around US$235-270K in the Redmond area. This is your typical 1600 sq. ft. ranch-style/rambler with a 1/4 lot. When we lived in Indy, we had a 2000 sq. ft. house on a wooded acre, and in the city, that cost us a whopping US$82K. As you might guess, we suffered a bit of sticker shock when we moved out here. :-)