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Re:Home Price to Income Ratio by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday September 20, 2021 @04:36PM (#28598669)
Then keep looking. I'm a liberal, minority techie living on a farm: one of my base requirements for moving here 15 years ago was at least a minimal amount of wired broadband.

This summer the phone company has been pulling fiber all over the place. I was told that it's not going to be put in use until next year, but at least they're planning ahead.

Especially after the last year and a half of distance learning and working from home, there is a big push all over the place to get faster internet connections because the people already living out here are demanding it.

Re:Home Price to Income Ratio by dogman144 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:01AM (#28601942)
Correct. There is fiber all over non-Asheville Appalachia right now. It’s reflecting in home prices too.

I’m looking at this move myself and the final decision point is state taxes (TN, WA, FL) or fiber/cheap homes (largely Western NC and GA), both paired with some cool nature.

All ears on places with $200k and below homes and fiber, quite candidly.

Re:Home Price to Income Ratio by JoeAltmaier on Monday September 20, 2021 @04:40PM (#28598715)
Got mine a month ago! In rural Iowa.