Mansionmania continues. I'm going to show you the most expensive homes in every state and a few territories, with a few extras thrown in from the largest states to get the tourney up to 64. It'll be a single-elimination tournament.
You will choose among each pair of houses with the following assumptions:
The purchase price for you is $0.
All maintenance, utilities, property taxes, HOA fees, and cleaning is included.
You must live in the home for the rest of your life.
You can't travel more than 100 miles from home (via google maps drive time) other than 1 two-week vacation each year.
You get $250,000 per year as a living allowance
You get an additional living allowance at the cheaper home, which will be valued at 1% of any cost difference annually. I will note this amount in the poll.
You get the furnishings. If unfurnished, you get an allowance that will give you mid-grade furniture in every room.
You get any vehicles in the garage. But only the garage - nothing parked outside.
I encourage you to click on the maps in the listings to see the general location and neighborhood.
Also, I will only enter contestants if they have a sufficient number of photos to judge, as determined by me.
I can't live in the middle of nowhere 50 weeks a year, no matter how pretty it is. It would turn into a pretty prison after 5 years.
So I'd have to go Chicago, even with the politics, crime, and congestion. But I'd have to install bulletproof Plexiglas over the entire property and put a pool somewhere inside or outside. [Reply]
I would be pretty surprised if there was much crime around there at all which would actually deter people from living there... given the upscale neighborhoods to start, combined with the touristy areas around there (not tons of foot traffic on those blocks in particular, but also not the feeling of walking down dark alleys alone at night), and the number of times I've walked around there at night.
And if there was ever a poll I wanted to rig... it would be sad to see Chicago out after one round (granted, still in the game with that one in Wisconsin). [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
I would be pretty surprised if there was much crime around there at all which would actually deter people from living there... given the upscale neighborhoods to start, combined with the touristy areas around there (not tons of foot traffic on those blocks in particular, but also not the feeling of walking down dark alleys alone at night), and the number of times I've walked around there at night.
And if there was ever a poll I wanted to rig... it would be sad to see Chicago out after one round (granted, still in the game with that one in Wisconsin).
Plus the 332,500 annual could eventually get you a boat loaded with world class beer and marina access on Lake Michigan. [Reply]