Submitted by Shake-Spear4666 t3_10hq2uh in Maine
IamSauerKraut t1_j5alawd wrote
Reply to comment by baxterstate in MaineHousing ready to spend $21 million to provide overnight shelters this winter by Shake-Spear4666
>$328,000, (which is the median price of a 1 family in Maine).
The median price swings by quite a bit amongst the websites. Neighborhoodscout uses ~$200,000. Zillow nearly $400,000.
I find the use of median to be misleading. But it does point to half of the prices being below that figure. Using average, imho, would provide a better - and truer - figure.
BloobityBloobity t1_j5aoxri wrote
Median is used for housing for a reason. Mean would include $10M waterfront compounds, unreasonably skewing the numbers high, since 99.9999% of mainers aren't looking at those properties. And while those properties are "included" in median, they do not have the same effect.
baxterstate t1_j5aqmy8 wrote
I’m sure the lower prices for single family homes are in isolated, far away areas.
I’d like to see more housing built where there are jobs.
IamSauerKraut t1_j5at29f wrote
I know folks who worked at BIW who lived over by China Lake. They were resilient.
When I was in high school, my summer job was 14 miles distance but I had no way to get there except my bicycle. I did not spend my time whining about it. The next year I found a different job.
P-Townie t1_j5bfjmk wrote
Ok Boomer. Times have changed.
IamSauerKraut t1_j5c8zlx wrote
>Times have changed.
Right.
Few complained as heartily as the keyboard whiners of today.
P-Townie t1_j5csk4e wrote
Houses were cheaper relative to wages.
IamSauerKraut t1_j5cxz1r wrote
I lived in a cheap house, yes.
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