I am getting it from all sides.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46107395)

Indy: Housing + Transportation Costs % Income ?

Average : 42%

https://htaindex.cnt.org/map/

Wow. Why don't these people in Indy just accept on average at paying 42% of their income on shelter and transportation! Its so affordable!

Only 22.4% of Indy neighborhoods would someone now be spending 36% of their income or less on housing/transportation which is borderline consider "unaffordable" and hint 100% of that 22.4% is in vast majority black areas so there is some borderline unaffordable housing in the first city you mention if you are willing to give up the other basic needs of safety and education.

Ya, silly me for thinking there was a housing problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46112728)

Area I looked at, the housing+transport rate is more than 100% lol. Basically, if you make median income for the area, even if you paid for nothing except shelter and transportation, you still wouldn't have enough.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46114571)

What a deal!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46114567)

This delusional board seriously thinks you need to be a millionaire to own a home and it's ridiculous. Maybe you just need to manage your money better you fucking retard gook.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46107865)

If you have 1m in the bank, and make 300k, maybe you can squeak by in a $200k home, but you will live a life of nightmare proportions trying to keep up with all of the expenses of home ownership and be STRETCHED thin like phyllo dough.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46107880)

Anyone want to play throwback to xo2007 and play weaken the argument?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46108227)

And 5 bedroom houses are more like $1.5 mil in many HCOL metros (where do you think the $250k jobs are?)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46108296)

only disco fries would try to spin this as some major project making his house unsalable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46108115)

https://www.longtermtrends.net/home-price-median-annual-income-ratio/

"a starter home is easily attainable in the majority of the country"

At 7x median incomes (not a highly skewed average), a home is not possible huge swaths of the population.

Nice areas are just LOL if you don't already own. You can play with this. https://cnt.org/tools/housing-and-transportation-affordability-index

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46109316)

That said, there are just too many fucking people in the desirable areas and libs should be gassed for bringing millions of these muds over every year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46113550)

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5315081&mc=15&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46114457)

Americans who work middle class jobs should be able to afford a home: in the area they grew up in, near a vital city, or without having to relocate to some brand new region

OPs usually just write "Americans who work MC jobs should be able to afford a home" and everyone jumps in "REFUTED: HERES A 250K BOX I FOUND ON ZILLOW OUTSIDE OF AKRON"

I agree with OP but I admit we should claim and own our priors: the homes that middle class people should be able to afford should be in the areas they want, within reason. Go ahead and eliminate MFH/SF/Socal beach towns, but generally yeah you should be able to live in cities you want to if you and spouse are working middle class jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5314231&forum_id=2#46114490)