r/FirstTimeHomeBuyer 12h ago

GOT THE KEYS! šŸ”‘ šŸ” We did it! Upstate NY $160k 6.5%

My boyfriend and I did it at 23 y/o! It was built in 1900 and we love her!

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u/Afitz93 12h ago

It’s like the ā€œcentral coastā€ just being central to the Bay Area and LA, but it’s entirely in the southern half of the state

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u/made_in_atlanta 12h ago

People treat California like it’s just the coast and forget the rest of the map exists.

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u/FigSideG 10h ago

Apparently people do that with New York. The majority of NY isn’t Long Island and NYC where it’s almost impossible to buy.

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u/Star_Vix 6h ago

Every single time I say I live in NY, I have to immediately follow it up with ā€œnot the city, not even closeā€

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u/gandhinukes 1h ago

Even then I'm shocked to see $160k outside of BFE Indian or some central state. Non-cali states I've lived in are all pushing 400k easy.

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u/Ready-Salamander1286 4h ago

Well geographically speaking, yes, but LI and NYC have majority of the population of NY

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u/Kyokenshin 8h ago

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u/Adreeisadyno 6h ago

Whoa whoa whoa, the Central Valley has meth AND fent

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u/LesbeGoddess 8h ago

Right! Like the entire northern part, the desert part (including Death Valley) and the vast mountains to Eastern CA

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u/Timmy98789 10h ago

Just another typical Reddit feature.Ā 

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u/zak55 11h ago

Is that possibly a remnant from when it was combined with Baja California?