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- dafragsta, on 05/09/2008, -0/+14Scrantonicity!
- mikephimikephi, on 05/09/2008, -0/+14McAllen, Texas
Rochester, N.Y.
Birmingham, Alabama
Syracuse, N.Y
Buffalo/Niagara Falls, N.Y.
New Orleans, La.
Scranton, P.A.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Baton Rouge, La.
El Paso, Texas - clemsontigers, on 05/09/2008, -1/+13No doubt Scranton has increased in value due to Michael Scott's condo purchase. There are two types of people in the world...those who buy condos, and those who don't
- alpinecow, on 05/09/2008, -6/+17this article rather neatly avoids the question of who would want to live in these markets...
- brook011, on 05/09/2008, -0/+8Looks like Michael Scott's condo in Scranton was a good buy after all.
- allaboutdatiki, on 05/09/2008, -0/+8Take a look at those median house prices ... these markets are up because they've all been so much less expensive then the rest of the country ...
- brook011, on 05/09/2008, -0/+8Ain't no party like a Scranton party cus' a Scranton party don't stop.
- mikephimikephi, on 05/09/2008, -0/+6Thankyou for the clarification, I couldn't figure out where obscure places such as New York and Texas were located.
- diggopolous, on 05/09/2008, -1/+7UGH! I left Buffalo twenty years ago and people were saying then "If only NY State would stop screwing...blah bkah blah. ...new jobs...blah blah blah. Free trade blah blah Do what I did and LEAVE or twenty years from now you will see the next generation posting the same old and tired rap and you will have wasted some damn good years. Look my friend, The reason that Buffalo exists :- the Erie Canal - closed almost a lifetime ago. People didn't take the hint to leave then. Then they didn't take the hint when the bridge to the (Bethleham?) Steel Plant was built with Italian made steel because it was cheaper than the steel being made yards away!
Listen, I'm not down on the people and tried real hard to stay- cause- i liked it but saw too many "latest thing to come to save Buffalo "come and go. However if you could survive in the Buffalo economy - people delivering Buffalo wings to one another or the superior hospital and university systems, then you got it made cause that city is a bargain.
/Talking Proud! - 4rp4n3t, on 05/09/2008, -6/+11You mean 10 Fastest Growing Real Estate Markets IN THE USA.
- tvl233, on 05/09/2008, -1/+6Quick view in single page:
http://all.fuseurl.com/87 - Nougat, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4There should be a single button for "Bury, Report, Block."
- thecalabrian, on 05/09/2008, -4/+8Mcallen, TX is also one of the top 10 cities for illegal aliens to enter. On the flip side, I'm sure finding a yard man, would be a snap.
- plizard, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4w00t for baton rouge. maybe i can get out of pmi
- Grizw0ld, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4dugg for wny being represented in something positive
- dodgejon, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4Im buying in Grand Rapids this summer. No reason to wait now.
- GQCarrick, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3And where might you live genius?
- dafragsta, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3Scrantonicity is Kevin's Police cover band on The Office.
- GQCarrick, on 05/09/2008, -0/+310 places that don't want YOU to live in them.
- mikephimikephi, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3Ridiculous!
New Orleans and Baton Rouge are lakes, not cities.
'The Gulf Coast, come for the sun, stay for the devastation' - dgaspard, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3New Orleans isn't suprising... two years ago the population was 0 in some parts....
- zionKing, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3He resides in the Ivory Tower near Camp Badass, just outside Awesomeville, Indiana. You know, just down the road from Doucheburg
- GQCarrick, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2Well apparently you haven't seen the new improvements going in. The new waterfront will rival any city on the great lakes, mark my words, there are tons of improvements going in and a lot of the old eyesores are meeting their demise.
- KragTheDigger, on 05/09/2008, -1/+3New Orleans does not surprise me. With all the people that left, and the houses that have been abandoned, it has plenty of land and real estate available. Remember, you're supposed to 'buy low'; but what I'd like to know is why they think this is the lowest point, and why there will be an inflection, and change of trend, in the next year.
- GQCarrick, on 05/09/2008, -2/+4I live in the Buffalo area and its a very nice area thank you very much. The housing is cheap in Western NY, now if NY state would stop screwing with western ny and make it easier to bring in more jobs the area would be amazing.
- honthraj, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2Oh yeah - the party in Scranton stops - when the cops raid Dunmore cemetary during the Friday night game and break up the teen keggers.
Scranton, huh? I grew up in Scranton and I can honestly say that the Office is NOTHING like the true Scranton experience. But real estate going up? Could a hipster comedy truly make that much difference in a city that was forgotten for so many years until Bob Casey Sr. became Governor?
I click on the link for Houses for Sale and wouldn't you know it - not one balloon is within the Scranton city limits. They are all further south - in Wilkes Barre. This makes sense since the city was pretty much rebuilt after Hurricane Agnes and the flood of '72. - madk, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2One of the nicer areas in Michigan. Just steer clear of Flint, Saginaw and inner Detroit.
- jigulous, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2That is just ***** obnoxious. GTFO.
- Charlotte_Web, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2I would move to New Orleans in a heartbeat.
- Hosalabad, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2Hey I have a friend selling in G.R., and the market sure as hell isn't improving there. You should be able to find a great deal.
- akatherder, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2That would make Detroit THE premier location to buy in. You can pick up a plot of land with a house for $10,000 and a White Castle coupon.
- GQCarrick, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2I live in Buffalo, its a great place to live
- MattFromSeattle, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2*hear
I'm apparently just smart enough to work for DM... Christ, I need my coffee. - MattFromSeattle, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2Dugg just for the chance to live in Scranton. I here Dunder Mifflin is hiring.
- GQCarrick, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Well seeing its an American website, I guess if they meant top 10 worldwide it would be in the title, and because it isn't if you use common sense it would seem to be that it would suggest it was only cities in the US therefore top 10 in the US is not needed.
- Buckiller, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Im assuming this list incorporate the suburbs of said cities as well... in which case im sure all of these are great. I personally know that all suburbs that are south of Bham, AL are great.
- zombies187, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1New Orleans is real.
- skidooer, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1I'm afraid you do not understand how the market works. If nobody could afford these houses, the price would be going down, not up.
- Myztry, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Or, stick your money in a good fixed term deposit and get similar returns, without the DOH of taking risky advice from a web site...
- davidg11, on 05/09/2008, -1/+2Funny, I'm from Rochester, NY and moved to central WA state 11 years ago. Like anything there are things ya miss and others you simply don't. Rochester has a great mix of food (god I miss the food vs WA state), and I have fond memories of growing up swimming/hanging out on the beaches of Lake Ontario. Lots of golf courses. Not too far of a drive to Niagara Falls or Toronto, Canada. I figured it'd be close to a ghost town since its main employer, Kodak, has declined greatly since I grew up there in the 1970's (my Dad worked at Kodak). And Xerox is based their too. Not exactly thriving industries any more.
Not a bad place to live. Just nothing incredibly exciting about the area either.
I'm surprised my area isn't on the list. One of the few areas in the country where prices haven't declined. Leavenworth, Cashmere, Wenatchee areas of Central WA.A beautiful area probably too small for this area to make it on any list. Shhh...tell no one. - Bakedwafer, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Yeah, but Wenatchee is in the middle of nowhere. I've been there twice, the views are absolutely stunning, but the town is so, so small.
- zombies187, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1The rent has tripled in NO over the last couple of years. That makes it a landlords paradise.
- kelmaster1, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1hahaha, my thoughts exactly
- Charlotte_Web, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1I was born and raised in New Orleans. I can understand why it and Baton Rouge are booming.
First, of course, is the post-Katrina rebuild. A lot of choice real estate properties were destroyed or abandoned, and with a lot of relief aid flowing into the area, I can see why there's a lot of movement in the real estate market. There's huge opportunity right now.
Second is the oil industry. The offshore drilling that take place in Louisiana is expensive. In the 70's, when OPEC told us there was a gas shortage and the price of gas was climbing like crazy, it became cost effective to drill in Louisiana, and New Orleans (and surrounding areas) grew rapidly. Then, in the mid-80's, the OPEC cartel collapsed, oil prices dropped, and the Louisiana economy went down the tubes. I know a lot of real estate investors who were forced into bankruptcy back then. Louisiana was too dependent on that one industry.
With gas prices creeping up on $4/gal., I imagine the oil industry in Louisiana is booming once again. - 4rp4n3t, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1I'm not surprised by, nor do I have a problem with, this. It should have been more explicit it the title and description is all.
- intangible, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1i thought you said "tomato magnet"... Quite a different image popped in my head.
- cvindustries, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1That's not the point. I'm an American, and I'm curious if Barcelona is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Having honeymooned there, it's a place I wouldn't mind going back to, but I heard real estate there was skyrocketing.
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1You're telling me I can have a house AND a Ferrari for less than it would cost me just for a house here?
- GQCarrick, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1HAHAHA, Nice
- kinerry, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1birmingham is a tornado magnet
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