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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_je1b6zi wrote

Reply to comment by LoneStarTallBoi in Tenants Fight Back As Rents Soar In Jersey City And Hoboken by mad_dog_94

Say again with a straight face that Houston rents are as bad as NYC? That's the most hilarious thing I've read all day. Please do tell me where I can buy a 300k house in this area and find a rental for 1100 a month.

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LoneStarTallBoi t1_je1drlx wrote

Are you lost? Are you illiterate? We're not talking about NYC, we're talking about new jersey, and where did I say that rents in Houston were as bad as nyc?

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_je1i4pl wrote

  1. Northern NJ and NYC are in the same housing market. People living in NYC move here all the time (not to mention other states). It's because NYC doesn't build nearly enough for their population.

  2. You disagreed with the statement that "housing is significantly more affordable relative to local incomes in places like Houston" and implied you have to go to Katy to find rent below 2k, which is just completely false and easily disproven with a quick trip to Zillow. Literally yesterday I considered moving to Houston for much cheaper housing prices.

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LoneStarTallBoi t1_je1s2t4 wrote

You can find plenty of places in the heights for less than 2k, too.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_je1wxqf wrote

The median 1 bed in the heights on Hotpads is 1850, cheapest is 1500.

In Houston the median is 1350 and you can easily find listings for 900-1100 in a walkable area like Montrose. Need to pay 1.5x the price to live in the Heights

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LoneStarTallBoi t1_je1z152 wrote

Which is about the relation between the respective area median income

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