The moral of the story: Don’t live in California if your job allows you to live anywhere.
- In Charlotte N.C., you can buy a regal estate for that money.
- In Columbus, Ohio, or Houston you can buy a handsomely appointed house with 4000 sq feet of living space and five bedrooms on about 3/4 of an acre. (The one in Houston is waterfront property.)
- In San Francisco, you’re on the verge of homelessness.
For a million dollars in my town, you can pretty much have any house you can find. Here is an example: 6900 square feet of living space on the waterfront.
Hawaii is not covered in the article. Here’s what you can get for a million bucks in Honolulu – a tiny, well-worn 70-year-old house with 900 sq ft. of living space and one very tiny bathroom. In my area this would go for about $90,000.