Inflation Bites U.S. Engineering Salaries

Re:Inflation Bites U.S. Engineering Salaries by loeg on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @07:45PM (#37683127)

The average Chicago house price is like, a quarter or a third of that. And, uh, $2-6k a month for non-mortgage expenses goes a long way?

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Re:Inflation Bites U.S. Engineering Salaries by tempsy on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @07:55PM (#37683250)

3+ bedroom, detached houses are not $300k-$400k in a good area of Chicago no

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Re:Inflation Bites U.S. Engineering Salaries by tptacek on Thursday September 28, 2023 @02:18PM (#37693507)

Sure they are. Pop open Redfin in Portage Park. Hell, you can get a detached 3bdr in Lincoln Square for under $400k. (Don't; buy one in Portage or Jefferson Park).

This weird argument seems to come up every 3 months or so on HN; I've only started noticing recently because we spent this year buying a new house, so incongruity of the argument ("you can't get a 3bdr for $400k") leaps out at me.

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Re:Inflation Bites U.S. Engineering Salaries by mberning on Thursday September 28, 2023 @05:21PM (#37696044)

I’m not familiar with Chicago, but the only 3br showing up for me in Lincoln Square is $835k.

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Re:Inflation Bites U.S. Engineering Salaries by tptacek on Thursday September 28, 2023 @05:35PM (#37696213)

I get 3, one of them on the corner of Lincoln and Foster.

(For the record: $400k isn't the budget I'd go into Lincoln Square with, and if I was buying in Lincoln Square I probably wouldn't be thinking about a detached house in the first place. But it seems you can definitely do it.)

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