When Reddit user Somuch101 asked, "What does a $300,000 house look like where you are from?" he or she set of a storm of responses. The answers ranged from "impossible to afford" to "a palace for pocket money." Although the range is startling, there are few surprises. The more desirable a place is to live, the more expensive the housing. In New York’s Manhattan, $300,000 might buy you a four-weeks share in a fancy hotel suite. In San Francisco, the same will land you a corner plot covered in grass and nothing else.
