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Do you think you spend too much on housing?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on May 4, 2009
“No, I live with my parents, but I think my parents pay a little too much.”
“No. I think housing prices have come down quite a bit actually in the last 18 months, and I think it’s reasonable now.”
“I think it’s fair.”
“No. I’m living in my own house and don’t have a house payment.”
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Comments
sgtwolverine 4 years ago
Only until they open the homeless campground along the river.
xbusguy 4 years ago
I was raised an eastsider, in a very small home with 3 sistors, and one bathroom.
Now I live alone, in a house with 3 bathrooms, with property taxes costing more than that eastsider home my Dad bought 50 years ago.
I think he was on to something.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 4 years ago
No. I'm still waiting for Obama to make my house payment, but since he now going to keep Gitmo open and the military tribunals running, I'm not going to hold my breath.
Happy Star Wars Day!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 4 years ago
autie, T_O_B,
May the 4th be with you!
jumpin_catfish 4 years ago
Yes
xbusguy 4 years ago
autie- should be a good crappie day. What else can a man ask for? (besides shrooms)
staff04 4 years ago
My rent is outrageous, and the place I am in is priced about $300/month below market.
Oh, for the Lawrence days where my first apartment (2b/1ba-ca. 1998) was $395/month and my last apartment (2b/1ba-ca. 2003) was $440/month.
The first place was kind of a dump, but the second was dated, but really clean and an easy walk to either campus or downtown!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 4 years ago
x-bus, What else can a man ask for?
Canine fecal matter free farmer's markets, and you know... Princess Leia not actually being your sister.
xbusguy 4 years ago
Good one, RI by the way,,,, Poop is still poop, and fecal matter is what important people say.
jonas_opines 4 years ago
Nope, we pay less than studio apartment prices for 2 big bedrooms, 1 and a half baths, and a huge loft.
Leslie Swearingen 4 years ago
So, the nurse owns her house outright? Lucky girl!
lawrence_kansas_usa 4 years ago
Prospector,
Very cheap (swell) houses west of Salina, you say?
Great! But if you buy one of them....what then? What's there to see and/or do out that way?
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 4 years ago
T_O_B, Prairie dog watching... Just before the boom?
Might be going Friday.
Music_Girl 4 years ago
I think rentals are too high, especially near campus. Had a couple of friends who lived in a 2 bed/1 bath that couldn't hold heat or cold air for anything and there were such big gaps in the cabinets and walls that you could feel cold or hot hair pouring in from outside and they paid nearly $600/mo for the pit.
staff04 4 years ago
MD, watch out, or Marion the animal lover will be all over you for your celebration! ;)
persevering_gal 4 years ago
For apartment housing, YES! I can't wait to get out of Lawrence next year!
lawrence_kansas_usa 4 years ago
prospector,
Thanks for the info!
And, actually.....there is something to be said about "life on the plains"....and not all of it is bad! lol
xbusguy 4 years ago
"xbus. You might consider a roommate. Probably better hearing than the watchdog."
That's who borrowed my stuff.... no thanks, I'll stick to the poochies and "fecal matter" (Poop) in the back yard.
labmonkey 4 years ago
If Jordan is thrown out on the street, at least she can keep out of the weather by holding her sunglasses over her head.
grammaddy 4 years ago
Way too much. Rentals in this town are insanely priced. Why rent a house to a family that has maybe two incomes when you can rent same house to 4 people with incomes and charge twice as much. Topeka is much cheaper but I prefer Lawrence because of the schools and there's less violence here. Most of the time, anyway.
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