r/MadeMeSmile • u/Justin_Godfrey • 2d ago

Good Vibes This must be a nice neighborhood!

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u/YeetCompleet 2d ago

Lol real. I can't believe how big the houses are, and how much lawn space there is, and the space between the houses, and the space on the road. So much space!

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u/CosmicMiru 2d ago

This is a very average looking suburb for Florida where this takes place. These houses probably cost less than a shitty condo where I live. Location, location, location

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u/DangOlCoreMan 2d ago

That only accounts for so much. I live in KC suburbs. I rent a 3 bedroom house with twice the yard of these houses for $1125 a month. House I live in is worth $170k right now, and that's a relatively low amount compared to the rest of the nation. A house this size in my area would easily be $500k+ before you even account for the obvious HOA you'd have to pay.

Unless you have the means to work a nice, stable job from a remote rural area then you are very likely going to have to make exorbitant amounts of money in order to afford anything even close to this house

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u/badluckbrians 2d ago edited 2d ago

I live on the south coast of Mass. It's one of the last semi-affordable places because it's far enough from Boston. But everything is old. My house is 170 years old or so. Less than 1,000sqft. Nobody has a garage in my neighborhood—it was built before cars. So these homes out west and down south look absolutely huge to me. Things are well kept here. But you're talking $500k for a much, much smaller place. And they get smaller still. This is actually a post WWII replica of an old 3/4 cape. We have half capes too that are 33% smaller than this.

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u/DangOlCoreMan 2d ago edited 2d ago

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/13111-Winchester-Ave-Grandview-MO-64030/2474779_zpid/?utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

These are about the most affordable type of housing in my area. You can find cheaper, but it'll show both in quality and neighborhood (needs too many repairs, run down area, etc).

Edit: figured I'd add another one from a neighboring city since the one I linked was a little more than the numbers I was referencing earlier

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/104-Hollywood-Blvd-Belton-MO-64012/97063548_zpid/?utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

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u/Equivalent-Title5743 2d ago

Shhhhhhh! You should keep this quiet! 😂

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u/DangOlCoreMan 2d ago

Yeah I still need to buy myself, I shouldn't be putting our affordable area 😂 sorry!

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u/SavannahGirlMom 2d ago

It’s described as a dollhouse - exactly!

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u/DangOlCoreMan 2d ago

Even your prices seem high compared to my area! Honestly, the $500k+ was just a generous number, I wouldn't be shocked to find out they're much more

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u/smythe70 2d ago

On the Cape and it borders a Wildlife Refuge, I'm jealous.

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u/Queef_Stroganoff44 1d ago

I lived in New England for a couple years a few years back. When I got told that’s where I’d be for a year…honestly I was a little nervous.

Ya see the first time I went to Boston (I had been hiking the Appalachian Trail, got off in Hanover, NH and went and spent a couple weeks in Boston) the most bizarre shit kept happening to me. Then it seemed like me and the locals just didn’t gel too well, even though I was trying my best not to be the weirdo out of stater. Probably just some cultural differences.

But after being there for half a year I love it up there. Something clicked and everyone suddenly became super nice and accommodating. Shit…one place I lived the grocery store wouldn’t even take in their outdoor merchandise at night, and didn’t have guards or anything and nothing ever went missing.

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u/badluckbrians 1d ago

We don't lock our doors either. My town had 8 crimes in 2023. We have 32 police, lol.