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by a3n 4039 days ago
Nothing wrong with wanting a detached home. Wanting one where it's too expensive, or getting one far away because it's affordable while continuing to work where it's expensive, probably requires a rethink.

Right now you're building experience, knowledge and savings/investments, so you should probably focus on that. So live as cheap as practical where you are.

At some point the curves will cross. If you still want a detached house, and you haven't become rich relative to where you work, then move to somewhere that you can work and live cheaply. Then buy your house.
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icki 4039 days ago
This is definitely the pragmatic choice, and it's what I keep telling myself. Thanks for reverberating the message :)

If I may ask, how do you feel about your personal situation right now? Are you living in an expensive city?

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a3n 4039 days ago
Denver's not so bad. It would be a great choice after you've done whatever you're doing where you are now, there's a reasonable amount of tech work. Lot's of telecom (but that's not all), something to do with being at 105 west I've been told. Boulder is nearby, and lots of tech jobs there. Also the skiing is great, and only when you want to. :)

Ah, here we go, "Denver's west-central geographic location in the Mountain Time Zone (UTC−7) also benefits the telecommunications industry by allowing communication with both North American coasts, South America, Europe, and Asia in the same business day. Denver's location on the 105th meridian at over one mile (1.6 km) in elevation also enables it to be the largest city in the U.S. to offer a "one-bounce" real-time satellite uplink to six continents in the same business day. Qwest Communications, Dish Network Corporation, Starz-Encore, DIRECTV, and Comcast are a few of the many telecommunications companies with operations in the Denver area." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver

EDIT: s/east/west/

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notahacker 4039 days ago
I don't know about the OP, but living in a city where the average cost of a detached house is well over $2M (CAD), I can assure you that flats and terraced houses can be quite pleasant too :)
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