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<blockquote data-quote="GC7" data-source="post: 3429357" data-attributes="member: 2455"><p>So here's a few anecdotal points to quell any panic we might be sharing about real estate prices here:</p><p></p><p>1. It's easy to ignore housing prices if you already own a home, and often your concept of a "fair price" will be whatever was common when you bought a home. Real estate prices do rise over time for the simple fact that they aren't making any more land. If you bought a 3bd/2ba home when it cost $100K then of course $200K for that same home now will seem wild, but that price increase is going to reflect that the area around you now has more schools, shopping, better roads, fiber internet services, etc.</p><p></p><p>2. There still is plenty of unoccupied land if you are willing to live on well water/propane/satellite/rural electricity. I just got back from a cross country drive and there's so much unused land out there. If you can afford to not live near where there's jobs (because you're retired or work virtually) then you can get land for cheaper than near cities.</p><p></p><p>3. People moving to OK probably are not super snobby leftists from the coasts. Those people tend to move to places like Montana or Wyoming. There's also not a bunch of basement dwelling Antifa types moving here either because those people don't have jobs or money to move. It's very likely going to be families moving here who need affordable living, although who knows if they'll bring their politics and voting habits with them. As much as we dislike the idea of out-of-staters moving here and turning the state blue, there's a LOT of native Oklahomans who will become hardened democrats on their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GC7, post: 3429357, member: 2455"] So here's a few anecdotal points to quell any panic we might be sharing about real estate prices here: 1. It's easy to ignore housing prices if you already own a home, and often your concept of a "fair price" will be whatever was common when you bought a home. Real estate prices do rise over time for the simple fact that they aren't making any more land. If you bought a 3bd/2ba home when it cost $100K then of course $200K for that same home now will seem wild, but that price increase is going to reflect that the area around you now has more schools, shopping, better roads, fiber internet services, etc. 2. There still is plenty of unoccupied land if you are willing to live on well water/propane/satellite/rural electricity. I just got back from a cross country drive and there's so much unused land out there. If you can afford to not live near where there's jobs (because you're retired or work virtually) then you can get land for cheaper than near cities. 3. People moving to OK probably are not super snobby leftists from the coasts. Those people tend to move to places like Montana or Wyoming. There's also not a bunch of basement dwelling Antifa types moving here either because those people don't have jobs or money to move. It's very likely going to be families moving here who need affordable living, although who knows if they'll bring their politics and voting habits with them. As much as we dislike the idea of out-of-staters moving here and turning the state blue, there's a LOT of native Oklahomans who will become hardened democrats on their own. [/QUOTE]
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