Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole.

Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by biohacker42 on Friday February 13, 2009 @10:06AM (#479896)

I preemptively apologize for this attempt to hijack the discussion, but does $200,000 seem high for a median?

I'm a reasonably well compensated developer in the Boston area and it still seems high.

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Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by pchristensen on Friday February 13, 2009 @11:38AM (#480031)

Pre-crash, median home price is about $240K (not sure if it has fallen and by how much). Median condo price was actually higher (~$250K) because condos were generally only in more expensive metros.

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Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by masukomi on Friday February 13, 2009 @10:18AM (#479913)

Are you kidding?! $200k in Boston would be a freaking steal. People would almost literally kill for that. I'm in cambridge and all the 2 bedroom condos on the blocks around me are $450k and up. And that's a CONDO with shared walls.

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Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by biohacker42 on Friday February 13, 2009 @12:25PM (#480088)

Yes, that's Cambridge, 200K is not high there. But what about nationally?

I'm in the exurbs of Boston, and 200K as median just feels bubbly.

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Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by kragen on Friday February 13, 2009 @04:38PM (#480460)

Only 5% of the population lives in the US. $200k in Buenos Aires is a mansion.

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Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by donw on Friday February 13, 2009 @11:14AM (#479997)

$200k won't buy you a shack in San Jose., which is probably one of the cheaper areas to live in the Silicon Valley.

But it's getting close. :)

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