[Centurion2000]

big, roomy, and cheap" home is an oxymoron

Ever checked the rural residential areas 50+ miles outside of cities ? You can make a killing there with your urban money.

[Alberta's Child]

Interesting point -- And yet studies that are able to put true "price" on the cost of living 50 miles outside a city consistently show that the real cost of living there is higher than the cost of living 25 miles away. The key, of course, is that living 50 miles away from your place of work "costs" a lot of time, aggravation, wear and tear on a vehicle, etc. that most people don't account for when they move that far away.