Kim's parents were in town the past few days. They've considered moving to Richmond the past few years, but the massive price bump Richmond-area homes have taken in the past 18 months -- our house's worth is up at least 25 percent in that time -- led them to go over to Fredericksburg, Va., a town about halfway between Richmond and D.C. with a metro population about twice the size of Ames (just over 100,000). Not unreasonably, they assumed that it would be less expensive to live there than in Richmond.
They were wrong. If we were to put our current house on a trailer and move it to a decent part of the Fredericksburg area, it would apparently be worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $700,000. Not even D.C. metro (which I've known for years that it's obscenely priced): freakin' Fredericksburg. Someone please explain.
On the other hand, if we were to move to Omaha -- a nice enough city, even if it is in 'Husker Territory -- we could sell our house in Richmond and, for slightly less than we'd probably make off it, get a two-year old house with 5400 finished square feet, among other obscenely large choices (a 1997 with 4500 sq. feet on a half-acre, numerous newish others above 4000, etc.). Or if we were to move to Overland Park, Kansas -- a nice suburb of Kansas City -- we could get a 4800 s.f., newish-looking (they don't have years) home. Or if we were to move to Iowa Falls...um, well, we could get a house with an 80-acre farm.
What I am saying is that housing prices do not make the sense.
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
