i live in boston and houses are four times more money than the south. Its outrageous.
2006-06-29 08:32:02 · 14 answers · asked by dmastre411 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
wages are much lower....
2006-06-29 08:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by Jack Kerouac 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is Pittsburgh the south? Becuase Boston homes are 5 times more expensive than homes in Pittsburgh as well. Boston is an expensive city, Im sure housing there is more expensive than 90% of the US. Typically jobs in Boston pay more than jobs elsewhere to compensate for the differene as well. But you guys have the red sox, and I know people in Pittsburgh who who would pay with their children to live in a town with a good baseball team.
2006-06-29 15:38:06 · answer #2 · answered by Poppa Burgandy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
state legislation and regulations on the cost of living, labor, wages, and taxes. Look at the tax rate on items that you purchase everyday and then you can determine the cost of living. Also there are not that many people living in the south compared to the north it has always been that way. It was how each state is set up and if the govenor of that state cuts taxes on home purchase or what ever the citizens complain the most about including car insurance property tax etc. Car insurance and car taxes are higher in the south.
2006-06-29 15:44:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is because the cost of living is different. There are not as many jobs, and the pay scale for those jobs is different. In Mississippi where I live if they charged the same thing for a house as in Boston everyone would be homeless, due to the high rate of poverty.
2006-06-29 15:36:55 · answer #4 · answered by stophatinboo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is because people in Boston are foolish enough to pay the high prices for the priveledge of living in ice, snow and freezing weather.
But that is okay, stay where you are. We ignorant folks down here in Texas would just as soon keep our cost of living as it is.
2006-06-29 17:21:36 · answer #5 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in the south and the pay scale here is so low. Also with the hurricanes here you have to sell your house for cheap because the buyer will have to pay tons for the home insurance and flood ins.
2006-06-29 15:38:39 · answer #6 · answered by Brandot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People would rather live in Boston than in the south. Besides, remember Katrina?
2006-06-29 15:36:27 · answer #7 · answered by patience3987 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's because the wages are smaller. Thank goodness for cheaper/more affordable homes. If all homes are expensive then it will be hard to buy one.
2006-06-29 15:49:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because nobody wants to live down here in the heat with us uneducated, underpaid rednecks;)
2006-06-29 15:38:20 · answer #9 · answered by etngapech 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's called the "market"....and it's dependant upon a lot of things. are you looking to relocate?
2006-06-29 15:35:30 · answer #10 · answered by thetoothfairyiscreepy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because once you've lived in N.Y., you don't want to live anywhere else!
2006-06-29 15:37:06 · answer #11 · answered by pennylane 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋