Another thing to consider is that housing stock in Mountain View is very old on average, so the $2M price point doesn’t get you a mansion, but rather a very modest house (especially when considering that we are talking about TWO MILLION DOLLARS after all)
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Another thing to consider is that housing stock in Mountain View is very old on average, so the $2M price point doesn’t get you a mansion, but rather a very modest house (especially when considering that we are talking about TWO MILLION DOLLARS after all)