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Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:37:30 AM
where is article?
Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:17:50 AM
Are you kidding me!? Kokomo is the top most affordable city!? We're losing jobs right and left here! Of course it's cheap, no one has money to buy things!
Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:27:29 AM
Affordable housing is a relative term. I do not think people can relocate from other cities there. There are no jobs for others.
Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:30:49 AM
I have read many different articles of affordable living, cheap cities, etc. And I have yet to see an article on Jamestown, NY (14701). The hometown of Lucille Ball, home of the Lucille Ballfest every summer. It's full of history, the houses are enormous and cheap, most have been transformed into duplexes b/c of the size. Many of the homes are original and were built in the 1800's. My family lived in a house that was 4 stories, 6 bedrooms, with a finished basement, 4 fireplaces (even in the master bedroom) for 2 years. The house probably sold at around $52K. The best thing about it was the house still had the original doors, door frames, and flooring. Intricate designs on modern architecture like back in the day is uncommon and very pricey. You can't beat that, but like anywhere else, there are downsides to the city. Anyway, that house was located on a reputable street, in a reputable neighbourhood. It just boggles my mind why it's always overlooked.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:46:03 PM
They call Michigan Mid-West, and its cheap. I live in the mid-west in Iowa near Missouri and Nebraska and Kansas, all the houses around here are cheap. You can find a 3 bed room house for 30 to 40 thousand sometimes less. Granted these house are not huge and are sometimes 30 to 50 years old but some houses that old are selling for 100,000 plus, in the west or larger cities, but towns are nicer either way you look at it.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 3:15:40 PM

STAY AWAY FROM MICHIGAN!!!!!!!

 

The housing market may be cheap,,but there are no jobs to be had. If someone hears of a job opening you have to fight yor way thru the line only to have it go to someone else. My 19 almost 20  yr old cannot find work even at McDonalds.

 

You find a cheap home here,,be prepared to buy all new heating and plumbing fixtures,,many homes have been stripped down to the shell for the money

Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:56:22 PM

Just got back from Rapid City, SD.  Interesting that the Dakotas were not mentioned.  Everyone up there has a job and WORKS!  No bums walking the streets.  The economy seems fine up there.  So what's up with the rest of the country?  In Nevada the economy is in the toilet.  Gold Mines are pulling out record profits but the state sinks.  Housing values have plunged.  Unemployment is at an all time high.  State government is floundering.  Time to move to the plains. 

Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:00:54 PM

I would like to see MSN do a study of the ten most affordable cities to live in rather than in which to buy a house. Home value-to-income ratios don't tell you a whole lot when factors such as property tax, sales tax, transpiration cost, utilities, crime rates and such are not considered. Ohio, for example, has very aggressive property taxes to fund education (unconstitutionally so, according to the Ohio courts.) We also have mounting utilities costs exasperated by our winters, and high transportation costs due to urban sprawl and dysfunctional or non-existent public transit systems. 

 

It is all extremely distressing, even to folks who own their homes outright but who are on fixed incomes. The relentless upward tax pressures here in Ohio will soon squeeze me out of my home, so I'm looking for the most affordable mid-sized cities -overall- in which to live. I'd like to see MSN do a slide show on that.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:16:01 AM
No doubt, Kokomo is like several smaller communities which has had auto industry drive their economy, suddenly have a down turn are hurting a bit,  At 14 + % in reported unemployment, who knows what the balance of total unemployed really is, does give it a healthy atmosphere to move into the affordable housing from folks outside that community.  When a city can not pick up diverse industry, this pattern only serves the major employer there.
A former Indianapolis native.
Monday, November 23, 2009 6:28:29 AM
I'm from Ohio and I agree about the taxes and school levies.  Try South Carolina - cost of living and housing very affordable, people are nice.  We think we will retire around the Columbia area.  We also watch the weather there and it seems much nicer/warmer.  No dramatic weather like near the coast, good for retiring.
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