0n (28 May 08) Bob Ackley wrote to Cindy Haglund...

 BA> Replying to a message of Cindy Haglund to Roy Witt:

 CH> When we had house hunted in the eastern VA area (where values are
 CH> highly inflated due to the proximity of DC)- we were shocked that a
 CH> 'starter' home started at 200K! That's crazy.

 BA> When I visited my sister in CA in 1987 I went browsing through the
 BA> newspaper ads looking at house prices.  One could purchase a two
 BA> bedroom fixer-upper in Walnut Creek, CA, for a measly $96,000 back
 BA> then - 21 years ago...

 That's CA for ya. Took longer to catch up in the East. Depending on
location of course what went for 91K just a few years ago... is
now 200K! :(

Cind

... I tried to contain myself. But I escaped.

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