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		cwalv on June 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees It's definitely One of the reasons. I've compared some real estate prices in some low-cost areas to relatively high-cost areas, and found that once factoring in property tax, the actual cost was close to the same.

pyuser583 on June 16, 2022 [–]

I was comparing buying real estate in a high end part of Chicago with San Francisco.

The places cost the same per month. But in SF, almost all of that was going to the premium/interest.

In Chicago, a massive amount was going to taxes and HOAs.

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