Housing here is expensive!! It seems like we'll never be able to afford a house until I have my PhD!!!

The new "median" in this area, for an older house (30 years old) is about $450,000-$500,000! They're building "low-income" housing in the town my parents live in and they start at $428,000! That's low income?

My parents are in a new house, they bought it for $378,000 three years ago. They purchased the house when it was little more than a concrete slab. By the time they moved in, they were selling the same model for $475,000 (3 years ago). There is a house in their neighborhood for sale, its smaller than there's and not upgraded. Its on the market for $725,000!

Amazing!!!