Can't afford to buy here...
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6/26/2006
My husband and I live in a beautiful, leafy brownstone section of Brooklyn (Park Slope) where the quality of life is, for the most part, quite good. However, with the average cost of owning a home here hovering at $800,000-$1.5 million, we will never be able to afford to buy. Rents are high here as well, and in our current apt. building, dogs are not allowed, which is also a pity. We would also need more square footage, a garden, and some closet space (the turn-of-the century homes in our neighborhood, though lovely in many ways, were built with only 1 or 2 small closets). We are now on a mission to find a new place to live with more affordable housing where we can buy, but also where we can both find jobs.
Mary Beth | New York, NY