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in the third tier city where i am right now, high quality apartments go for 200kUSD or less. i don't know about those of questionable design and safety but i can't imagine that they go for anything but less than half that.

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Agreed this is a huge exaggeration. You can buy a studio in midtown Manhattan for $300k or a 2 bedroom in Boston for $500k.

A 2 bedroom in Boston for $500k, where are you shopping, Dorchester?

JP and Brighton, nice parts of town.

I don't know those markets much but, prima facie, those numbers seem like hooey. Citations definitely needed.

Zillow it yourself. $300k is the going rate for a studio near the UN in Midtown. $500k goes far just outside the downtown core of Boston in places like Brighton or Jamaica Plain or Dorchester.

Frankly, you’re the one exaggerating. The above poster is discussing “high quality” apartments. 300k will get you 250 sqft or freshly plastered bullet holes.

Honestly, why comment if you don’t know what you’re talking about?

Two seconds on Zillow you can see tons of properties for $300k that are neither 250sf or plastered with bullet holes.

One of many examples:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/205-E-63rd-St-APT-10H-New...

A $2k/mth HoA??

That usually includes taxes and utilities in New York.

That sounds incredibly high for a place worth 300k. I'm thinking it's only 300k because of that 2k/month on top.

Everything else aside, you’re claiming you know what you talk about when you make a post about midtown and send a link to UES? I don’t think you know the city at all

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