I was just looking while I was testing our websites and it is close to the U so Zach could ride his bike and close to the freeways so I could get to work and still in the cities. The houses are big and cheap. It was sort of a shock to see the difference in the price.
When I was living north of Dinkytown, it was a 35-minute walk each way, not what I could pull off every day when at my more fatigued.
Yeah, the comment was basically my bad habit of talking to myself in media where I'm actually talking to someone else. I'm by no means trying to discourage you from moving there if you like. And, as I say, the artsy types (you hang with artsy types so close enough) move to where the housing is cheap until the wealthy hipsters move in and push the housing costs too high, at which point the artsy types to the new cheap housing. It's certainly something worth considering, and it's sounded like you haven't been happy with your current situation (which, apropos of nothing, isn't the best for groceries either) for a while.
Did you live there when Lunds wasn't open? There was a serious dry spell there after they tore down the SuperValu and the Lunds was yet to be. It was pretty grim and I'm a dedicated Marcy-Holmes dweller.
Technically, I lived one block south of Hennepin Ave, which is considered the NE/SE border. Anything east of the river is going to be hard for groceries, anyway, esp affordable ones.
Yeah I love looking at houses there. Though Manhattan is my favorite, I don't think you can get anything for 150k at all.
I am going to put my condo on the market for 140k (after I put some more work into it, of course) and I think I'll get 125-130K for it. It would be great if I could get a house about this size and in that sort of shape for a price like that. It would mean I could afford to build a garage and get the kitchen the way we wanted.
Yay! You are going to be all settled into your new life before you know it.
The disparity is crazy. I just looked up the assessment value for my house, which is similar in size and a little smaller in square footage than yours, still no garage/carpet, and it's almost half a million dollars. And I think that is a low estimate.
The best houses are between Johnson & Stinson. (Unless you can get into the coveted Stinson Triangle which is between Stinson & Hwy 8.)
The second best houses are between Central and Johnson, but you should really check with annablume or I before considering it. 22nd & Polk is okay, but not the best NE has to offer.
Don't buy between Central and the river no matter how cheap it is. You'll never recoup your investment.
For me it is less about location and more about what the house looks like. I love full two story houses. Plus I just pulled up "Stinson Triangle" and the houses are either at the top of our price range or over it (Our budget will be 180K) and the second best price range is getting close to the top of it. I would rather get something 10-15k under the top of range and have some money to make sure the house fits our needs.
Or. St. Paul. My personal house-hunting experience with NE was that they were either crap-heaps that needed a lot of work or they were sold before we could even see it.
Actually, that is the other place we are looking but I already knew that houses were priced nicely there and I like houses in St Paul. I just never looked in Northeast before.
Anyways, we are a year out from buying a house, it is just fun to look while at work.
Ok, whatever you do, don't go scooping on some house I'm digging in that part of town! That would NOT be cool! But good luck...it's a fun, but nervous process I'm learning...
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Date: 2011-01-24 05:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-24 05:33 pm (UTC)I was just looking while I was testing our websites and it is close to the U so Zach could ride his bike and close to the freeways so I could get to work and still in the cities. The houses are big and cheap. It was sort of a shock to see the difference in the price.
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Date: 2011-01-24 06:18 pm (UTC)BUT, there is a Cub on Silver Lake Road, a better Rainbow on Central, Byerly's on County Road D and Mini-Lunds on Central/Hennepin.
I love living Northeast.
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Date: 2011-01-24 06:26 pm (UTC)Which is another food option NE. You can't go two blocks without bumping into a CSA pickup spot.
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Date: 2011-01-24 07:42 pm (UTC)Yeah, the comment was basically my bad habit of talking to myself in media where I'm actually talking to someone else. I'm by no means trying to discourage you from moving there if you like. And, as I say, the artsy types (you hang with artsy types so close enough) move to where the housing is cheap until the wealthy hipsters move in and push the housing costs too high, at which point the artsy types to the new cheap housing. It's certainly something worth considering, and it's sounded like you haven't been happy with your current situation (which, apropos of nothing, isn't the best for groceries either) for a while.
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Date: 2011-01-24 05:32 pm (UTC)1) I LIVE IN THE NORTHEAST!!!!!
2) WTF, houses here are so not possibly cheaper than they are in Minneapolis.
3) Wrong northeast. :(
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Date: 2011-01-24 05:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-24 05:35 pm (UTC)(I have many house crushes, I see houses all the time)
The downsides is carpet and no garage.
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Date: 2011-01-24 05:47 pm (UTC)I am going to put my condo on the market for 140k (after I put some more work into it, of course) and I think I'll get 125-130K for it. It would be great if I could get a house about this size and in that sort of shape for a price like that. It would mean I could afford to build a garage and get the kitchen the way we wanted.
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Date: 2011-01-24 06:37 pm (UTC)The disparity is crazy. I just looked up the assessment value for my house, which is similar in size and a little smaller in square footage than yours, still no garage/carpet, and it's almost half a million dollars. And I think that is a low estimate.
Boston!!!
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Date: 2011-01-24 06:21 pm (UTC)The best houses are between Johnson & Stinson. (Unless you can get into the coveted Stinson Triangle which is between Stinson & Hwy 8.)
The second best houses are between Central and Johnson, but you should really check with
Don't buy between Central and the river no matter how cheap it is. You'll never recoup your investment.
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Date: 2011-01-24 10:18 pm (UTC)http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-statistics/codefor/
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Date: 2011-01-24 07:44 pm (UTC)Anyways, we are a year out from buying a house, it is just fun to look while at work.
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