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Homer's job, as depicted, would pay a lot more than 25k. The article is based off a single frame of the show like 25 years ago. The writers/animators likely didn't mean to establish his cannon salary.

No way that sort of union job would pay under 50k no matter where you lived.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/The-McKenz...

- it's not exactly in Springfield

+ it's new construction

- it's just under 2000sf

+ at $165k it's probably a lower payment than a mortgage on $100k in the 90s

God I need to move out of big cities

>> out of big cities

...in the NE and west coasts. This isn't out of the ordinary in large cities like Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix, etc.

If you limit your search to Top 10 MSAs by population, you'll see that roughly half are expensive and the other half are not. More people live in Atlanta metro than SF, Seattle, or Boston metros but housing costs are fractional vs those places. (Salaries are not equivalent to SF, but IIRC most SF companies pay ~80%+ of SF pay. 80% of SF pay is "mansion money" in most US cities.)

There are plenty of towns and small cities where you can buy a 4 bedroom / 2 bath for around $125k (about $100k in 2009 dollars).

I have a relative who bought a good condition (eg, not fixer-upper) in a nicer/older Ohio suburb for $100k. 4 bedrooms, full basement. It's huge; 2400sqft excluding the basement.

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