[Dan from Michigan]

FC is every bit as bad, $600k for tiny little dumps, i kid you not, with no yard to speak of.

LOL! I read this as Motorhead's "Eat the Rich" is on the radio.

I'm in an expensive county, but $600,000 can get a McMansion here, and I might even be able to get 10 acres with it.

[xsmommy]

Lord, don't feed Patton's ego any further...

i am with you, if i am going to spend a lot of $ on a house, i would prefer not to be rubbing up against my neighbors.

[Texan5]

I could get a McMansion here for that, too-in fact there is one for sale that is to die for, but it is in the aforementioned gated neighborhood, and there is no way I could even afford the mandatory HOA fees, never mind the house payment, even if I got a good price for my house...