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Mark TI may have worded it wrong. The town i live in is expensive and most in CT are NOT. My wife and i make 4X over the state median income so we choose to live in a expensive town.
A average condo is $110,000-$120,000 (coming way down in price now). Average house is $160,000-$200,000. Now these are just averages, you get a decent house for that in a bad area and a not so good house in a good area. So a mortgage on a house depending on how much you would put down would be $900-$1,100 including taxes. So you end up with extra $ if you make $75,000 a year.
It all depends on what town you live in, the best schools which is very important to us "YANKEES", are in towns which have very high house prices....
I have a friend that lives in Atlanta, i think the town is Alpharetta...