20 Nov
2001
20 Nov
'01
5:06 a.m.
Housing cost do vary a lot. My old house, now my ex-wifes house was
about 20 years old, was 2700ft^2 on a large lot about 60 miles from
Dallas, and cost $95k. My current house is 20 minutes from downtown
Dallas on a lake shore, 3300ft^2 on a tiny lot and cost me $242k to
build year before last. But if I was to move farther away I would burn
up the savings on commuting costs.
On the other hand, the cost of living in small-town
Oklahoma is one
of the
cheapest in the USA. For a concrete example, in
my old hometown, a
nice
3750 ft^2 house with a huge property sold for
US$70K. This means less
money spent living, more money to spend on classiccmping, and
greater ease
> in finding room to put all of it.