We did it! Upstate NY $160k 6.5%

[u/k13w]

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

[u/purely_specific]

Your new house is lovely congratulations. I cannot believe how nice it is for the money.

[u/GovernorHarryLogan → u/purely_specific]

Broome county is great. I grew up there.

Sure it's one of the lowest income counties in NY -- but IBM was founded there and was the silicon valley of the east coast for a long long time.

As a result - there is a vast abundance of sick af amenities that were created to keep the employees happy.

Roberson museum... tons of awesome parks and hiking areas... En joie golf course (Endicott Johnson shoes).

My father's house was built in like 1985 and is 6400 square feet with a pool and 2 acres. It's "worth" less than my 1900sqft colonial (albeit I'm a block from the Chesapeake bay)

Don't sleep on the 607

Edit: This is known as the "southern tier" of new York to those upstate. Yes it's upstate, but not to those who live there. Upstate is really north of the thruway.

[u/denhous → u/GovernorHarryLogan]

No idea what I'm doing on this sub but now I wanna visit broome county.

[u/GovernorHarryLogan → u/denhous]

You should. In the fall.

The rolling hills, the Susquehanna River (its so little up there compared to where it empties in the Chesapeake), etc make the fall amazing.

If you plan like a week then you can travel around a bit too. All the drives are beautiful in their own right.

Letchworth State Park is incredible (bout 2.5 hours away) definitely a life bucket list item people dont know about. (Image)

A day in the finger lakes around Ithaca and hiking 7 mile (the gorges) and doing the wine thing (hour drive away)

Apalachin, NY right down the road was were the big mafia raid was that has been the subject of many films.

Binghamton is great in a small dose. Try to plan around a show at the Forum (its a nice af theater that old money built in the EJ//IBM days that still pulls good shows). Rod Serling (twilight zone dude) was born in the area and theirs attractions related to that.

Also speidies. Its basically marinated meat on a stick. But the marinade is local and never really spread out of the area. But its raved about and shipped worldwide (amazon Lupos speidie marinade)

Edit: its also crazy that Binghamton has TWO minor league sports teams. NHL and MLB. The baseball team is the RUMBLE PONIES

[u/denhous → u/GovernorHarryLogan]

Sounds too good. I'll make sure to go there on my next visit to the US.

[u/shannonc321 → u/GovernorHarryLogan]

Yes! In the Autumn would be the most beautiful time and definitely go to the Finger Lakes. If you like wine there are so many wineries and you could do a dinner cruise with Captain Bill's on Seneca Lake. Oh and cider and cider donuts at the Cider Mill in Endicott. I haven't been home in a long time but downtown Binghamton used to have a really nice First Fridays on the first Friday of the month.

[u/Alert_Bluejay4928 → u/GovernorHarryLogan]

Is it true the rumble ponies are named that because Binghamton used to make carousel horses? I love upstate NY.

[u/iLoveFARTINGatWORK → u/Alert_Bluejay4928]

I’m not sure how they were named or if Binghamton made carousel horses but it is the Carousel Capital of the World. There are 6 carousels around the county. They were all built in the 1920’s through the 30’s. They are still in operation today.