[Vision2020] So You Think Houses are Expensive in Moscow?

[Donovan Arnold]

Tom,
   
  You do realize that a $200,000 house is less affordable in Moscow, ID then it is in Orlando, FL, Philadelphia, PA, Des Moines, IA, and St. Paul, MN and why? Don't you? Because I am beginning to think you don't understand the difference between affordability and cost. 
   
  Best,
   
  Donovan

Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
  In addition, Arnold reflected upon only one of the 50+ houses/communities
reflected in my link at:

Open House in America
http://www.parade.com/WAL/slideshow/open-house-01.html

Hint: There is a little arrow-thingie just to the right of the photo.

(pssssst . . . pssssst . . . Arnold: Click on the arrow-thingie)

Thanks, Saundra.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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And why shouldn't the rich pay taxes?

"The people that write laws are greedy. They need money to buy votes. What
better way to get it than to extract it, by force of law, from the
relatively few who can afford the nicer things in life. If you can buy
something nice then you can pay more taxes so that politicians can give
something to the 'poor' and take a cut for themselves."

- Varnel W. (March 20, 2006)

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-----Original Message-----

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Saundra Lund
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 10:58 AM
To: 'Donovan Arnold'; 'Vision 2020'
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] So You Think Houses are Expensive in Moscow?

Hmm . . . Donovan, while your conclusion may be valid, your data is flawed
because you're comparing apples & oranges. As you know, you've jumped on
people when you've thought they made the same mistake :-)

In addition, please cite your source for your data that the average
household income in Orlando is $70,000 -- that's about DOUBLE what the US
census indicates.

It seems to me you either need to compare Moscow to Orlando (both county
seats, BTW) or Latah County to Orange County. Instead, you've compared
Latah County to Orlando.

For those interested in the accurate comparison:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latah_County,_Idaho
"The median income for a household in the county was $32,524, and the median
income for a family was $46,303. Males had a median income of $34,734 versus
$24,886 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,690. About
7.90% of families and 16.70% of the population were below the poverty line,
including 10.20% of those under age 18 and 5.40% of those age 65 or over."

AND
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_Florida
"The median income for a household in the county was $41,311, and the median
income for a family was $47,159. Males had a median income of $32,053 versus
$25,402 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,916. About
8.80% of families and 12.10% of the population were below the poverty line,
including 16.30% of those under age 18 and 9.30% of those age 65 or over."

OR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_Idaho
"The median income for a household in the city was $26,884, and the median
income for a family was $46,331. Males had a median income of $35,494 versus
$24,560 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,930. About
9.5% of families and 22.4% of the population were below the poverty line,
including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over."

AND
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando,_Florida
"The median income for a household in the city was $35,732, and the median
income for a family was $40,648. Males had a median income of $30,866 versus
$25,267 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,216. About
13.3% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the poverty line,
including 27.0% of those under age 18 and 12.6% of those age 65 or over."


HTH,
Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
- Edmund Burke

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