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Re:$100k/year still might not be enough to buy a home by dragontamer on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:31PM (#21264692)
No, because its 4-miles away from Palo Alto (city of 60k).

Rural is mostly about being far away from urban centers. Buies Creek NC is 30+ miles from its nearest population center (10k+ citizens). While Atherton is 4-miles away from its nearest population center (60k+ citizens in Palo Alto).

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Re:$100k/year still might not be enough to buy a home by bradlys on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:49PM (#21264871)
It has a population center of 20k within 15 miles. That was only one that I looked at. I didn't even have to try for that. I know nothing about that region but at an eagle eye's glance, it's obviously a suburb. It's part of an incorporated metropolitan area. It is, therefore, a suburb. It is not rural. Atherton isn't a suburb of Palo Alto btw. Palo Alto is the suburb.
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Re:$100k/year still might not be enough to buy a home by TylerE on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @07:02PM (#21264970)
Can I say how much you've moved the goal posts here? The original post was about some place that wasn't a "big city", not an isolated rural farm.
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