It depends. Land prices vary a LOT depending on where it is, who owns it, if it has a house, well, electricity, whether it is being sold by a realtor, how long it's been on the market, what quality of soil, if it has trees, etc. In my area, land prices are about $3000/acre if there is no house and no well, and it's being sold by a realtor. the actual value though is around $500-$1000/acre. I have a friend who just bought over 800 acres for less than $150/acre, because the land had been on the market for several years, had no well, no fencing, and no house- but it is good land, and a GREAT buy.Neiklot said:
In town, 2 hours away from me, milk is around $2.50/gallon for whole milk, and at the small store in the town 30 miles away from me (the only grocery store within hours) a gallon of whole milk is around $3. Of course, organic milk is a LOT more expensive, and you can buy milk very cheaply or even get it for free from a neighbor who has a cow or goats. I can get milk for free, as my mom raises milk goats and if I milk for her, I get to keep the milk. However, I also make my own yarn, and this spring will be getting llama fleece from my friend's 14 llamas for no cost if I do the shearing... I'm looking forward to it I agree with this above post. I'd like to add, though, that several state governments take really good care of their poor, especially when it comes to affordable health care, like New Mexico (my state) does. Here we have a "sliding scale" for health care cost, the price of it depends on your income, and you can make small payments. Birth control, health screening such as mammograms, prenatal health care, and childrens health care are just a few of the things that are available at low or no cost to many in our state. It does cost taxpayers, but everyone pays taxes so I'm pretty happy with how my state spends the tax money as far as health care is concerned.justin_case said:
Yes, and Texas is very similar. However, the nice thing is you get to choose where you liveraro said:
Neiklot - as some have mentioned here that the cost of living in the USA depends upon where a person chooses to live. Some areas are outrageous expensive and some areas somewhat cheaper. Something that is causing our cost of living to escalate rapidly over the past few years is the fact that the USA now has the worst group of elected officials in our nation's capital that we have ever had (at least in my 69 year lifetime). The clowns we have elected do not know how to balance their own checkbook and somehow we have allowed them to manage our tax money. We have re-elected the worst president in the history of our nation and he spends our money like a crazy person. His appointed thugs simply print more money as they see fit and therefore the value of our currency goes down almost daily. Inflation is totally out of control and nobody seems to want to stop it.Neiklot said:
