BINGO.

I have 4 acres, three bedrooms, a rural setting, just under $3,000 a year in taxes and a house that cost me under 200K when I bought it.

My parents sold their house on Long Island - 2 bedrooms, 1/4 acre, $12,000 a year taxes (!) - for just under $500,000.


If I wanted to buy a 3BR anything that would reduce my door-to-door to, say, 40 minutes, aside from the fact that I'd absolutely hate living there and would be miserable, it's no less than $800,000 and more like 1.25 Million, plus taxes.

Really.