re: Millenial homeowners "get real" about their success

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Why limit the analysis to the Top Ten most populated cities?

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Mostly because thats where the white collar jobs are

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It takes effort, but you can find stable and professional white collar employment outside of these major expensive cities.

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Mostly because thats where the white collar jobs are, which is where the millenials will go.

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That's statistically not true.

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Also because I dont have much experience to add about living out in BFE

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Of the largest 100 cities in the U.S., 54 have median homes prices at or below $200,000:


Springfield, Mass. 200,000
Tucson, Ariz. 198,000
Jacksonville, Fla. 195,000
Dallas, Texas 195,000
New Haven, Conn. 194,000
Deltona, Fla. 191,000
Lancaster, Pa. 190,000
Tampa, Fla. 189,000
Palm Bay, Fla. 185,000
New Orleans, La. 184,000
Grand Rapids, Mich. 182,000
Albany, N.Y. 182,000
Omaha, Neb. 180,000
Fayetteville, Ark. 180,000
Columbus, Ohio 180,000
Milwaukee, Wis. 179,000
Houston, Texas 178,000
Allentown, Pa. 175,000
Des Moines, Iowa 173,000
Greenville, S.C. 170,000
Louisville, Ky. 168,000
Baton Rouge, La. 168,000
Albuquerque, N.M. 167,000
Lakeland, Fla. 165,000
Harrisburg, Pa. 163,000
Knoxville, Tenn. 162,000
Cincinnati, Ohio 158,000
Chattanooga, Tenn. 158,000
St. Louis, Mo. 157,000
Detroit, Mich. 157,000
Augusta, Ga. 155,000
San Antonio, Texas 153,000
Birmingham, Ala. 153,000
Oklahoma City, Okla. 148,000
Tulsa, Okla. 146,000
Little Rock, Ark. 145,000
Winston-Salem, N.C. 144,000
Kansas City, Mo. 143,000
Memphis, Tenn. 142,000
Buffalo, N.Y. 141,000
Greensboro, N.C. 140,000
Columbia, S.C. 139,000 8.7
Pittsburgh, Pa. 138,000 5.9
Rochester, N.Y. 137,000 6.8
Akron, Ohio $135,000
Cleveland, Ohio 128,000
Indianapolis, Ind. 125,000
El Paso, Texas 124,000
Dayton, Ohio 120,000
Syracuse, N.Y. 112,000
Toledo, Ohio 109,000
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 100,000
Youngstown, Ohio 77,000


Only 9 have median house prices above $400,000:

San Jose, Calif. 1,100,000
San Francisco, Calif. 860,000
Los Angeles, Calif. 634,000
Honolulu, Hi. 600,000
Oxnard, Calif. 589,000
San Diego, Calif. 545,000
Seattle, Wash. 430,000
New York, N.Y.-N.J. 410,000
Boston, Mass. 410,000

And five of the nine are in California.

That's called skewing the results.

I meant metro areas. 20 mil live in nyc alone.

Not to get to far into the 3 evils of "lies, damn lies, and statistics", but I am pretty sure your list is a little off. For example I have a hard time believing that median home prices for New Haven, CT (home to Yale) and BR are less than $200k.

New Haven Zillow

While 164k may be the median price, there aren't many places in Baton Rouge you can find that aren't a shithole or in the ghetto for that price. Or a 2/1 950 home built in 1962.

200k is around the mark where you can start finding something semi decent...and even that is questionable.

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Going by metro area

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We are talking about in the city. Burbs are usually less expensive.

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That is the whole point of this thread. Millenials are lazy.

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Anyone can look up a stat on google. You'd never live in a fricking $164k home in BR and you know it. It will be in the hood or it will require $100k in renovation.

It it were as simple as that, everyone making $50k could own a house in BR

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Maybe 10-15% max.

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The NYC metro area has like 25 million alone. Thats almost 10% of the population.