<p>Is there cities of the country that have old homes (inexpensive) that are in neighborhoods that a young couple would like to live and flourish? A place where you live and like?</p>
<p>Pittsburgh! Several areas of the city fit your description. (We live in the suburbs but a lot of young people are moving into Pittsburgh city neighborhoods.)</p>
<p>What’s inexpensive?</p>
<p>Emerald, not sure- just an old home that can fixed up. I realize that this leaves wide open on prices.</p>
<p>What field does the couple envision working in? Home renovation? Other fields? Definitely not Honolulu. Most starter homes are $500,000 and up, even those needing EXTENSIVE work. :(</p>
<p>Children planned? </p>
<p>Kansas City, Missouri. Beautiful houses, ready for renovation. Friendliest people in the country. No mountains, no ocean, no problem. And a really good baseball team.</p>
<p>Yes may have family eventually. Any places on the west coast?</p>
<p>There are some neighborhoods in Seattle that have relative inexpensive homes.
$150,000 or thereabouts. But also whats old?
The house Im thinking of was built in the '60’s, but my house was built in 1900. It hadn’t been remodeled but it wasn’t a fixer.
We moved into our neighborhood when it was affordable, but it isn’t anymore.
But areas around Georgetown & Columbia city ( in Seattle) are more reasonable.</p>
<p>Shouldn’t your ability to find gainful employment be your first criterion in deciding where to live? Some areas have cheap housing because they have poor job opportunities. You can probably buy an entire block to fix up in Detroit for next to nothing, but the unemployment rate is horrible.</p>
<p>How about this suburb, with the some of the best schools in Ohio?</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.zillow.com/ottawa-hills-oh/?gclid=CN3uuNOF4cECFQysaQodBjEACw#/homes/for_sale/Ottawa-Hills-OH/pmf,pf_pt/46938_rid/days_sort/41.68022,-83.614326,41.654124,-83.674235_rect/13_zm/2_p/”>http://www.zillow.com/ottawa-hills-oh/?gclid=CN3uuNOF4cECFQysaQodBjEACw#/homes/for_sale/Ottawa-Hills-OH/pmf,pf_pt/46938_rid/days_sort/41.68022,-83.614326,41.654124,-83.674235_rect/13_zm/2_p/</a></p>
<p>I’ll have to second Toledo’s post (being from her area too!) and say that if you can find a good job you can be happy at, that there are nice neighborhoods in our city where you can get homes for well under $100 with lots of character. Beautiful park system and other family type activities like a world class zoo, museum, etc. My son’s friend bought a house in our old established neighborhood - a story and a half brick home across the road from a country club golf course for $40,000 - structurally fine, just needed the insides overhauled. At $40K, you can do a lot of reno. </p>
<p>It ain’t the west coast though!!! :)</p>
<p>There are people here who are supporting themselves just by flipping houses.</p>
<p>Yes, but flipping houses, as Coralbrook’s thread clearly demonstrates is a very challenging business and getting harder all the time.</p>
<p>Don’t bother looking in NJ. We have the highest property taxes in the nation. I think we are #3 for highest auto insurance. </p>
<p>There are definitely places in rural New Hampshire or Maine where housing is cheap and a couple could find a fixer-upper home. But then, there’s always the issue of jobs and mostly there aren’t jobs in these areas.</p>
<p>I also thought of KC. Economy is pretty good, so you can probably find jobs. Lots of inexpensive houses. And lots of young people who have moved back into city. </p>
<p>Have lived in KC for 4 years many years ago and loved the people. Thanks for the prompt info!</p>
<p>There are some nice areas around Cleveland OH also.</p>
<p>I’d add Milwaukee to the list. </p>