Originally Posted by 20Fathoms

You forgot a base, a rainy one out west. Seriously though, I think doing it by state is a poor way to do it as some of these states are huge and the variance is quite high. You could live in California and still be 700 miles from your base at LAX for instance.

A better stat sheet would be the median value in the metro areas of ATL, NYC, DTW, MSP, SLC, LAX, and SEA. A quick google shows SEA with a median price of over 850K and that sure as heck isn’t getting you a mansion. I’d hate to see what LAX is.

Sure you can commute but that’s a separate issue.