Gary of « Dixiesys »:http://dixiesys.com/ (who hosts « Soours »:http://www.soours.com) bought a new house for $ 144 K. He reviews his life as a web hosting company manager in « a short post »:http://forums.dixiesys.com/index.php?s=d8a93d276c144d12fdbad438af553ac6&showtopic=4983# wich sounds to me as the real US of A. In a « following post »:http://forums.dixiesys.com/index.php?s=add02e682e94ddd9004082e3a716af7e&showtopic=4983&st=15# in same « thread »:http://forums.dixiesys.com/index.php?s=d8a93d276c144d12fdbad438af553ac6&showtopic=4983&st=0, Gary points out the price of housing in CA, compared to the prices in NA. Using this rare piece of information, I did the following reality check:

* basic home in CA: $ 350 K (EUR 320 K – FFR 2 M)
* decent home in CA: $ 420 K (EUR 360 K – FFR 2.35 M)
* decent place in NA: $ 85 K (EUR 73 K – FFR 480 K)
* pretty nice place in NA: $ 150 K (EUR 130 K – FFR 850 K)
* gorgeous « showplace » home in NA: $ 250 (EUR 215 K – FFR 1.4 M)
* waterfront on the Lake, private pier, marble or granite counter tops… in NA: $ 400 (EUR 345 K – FFR 2.26 M)
* .13 acres (525 m²) in CA: $ 110 K (EUR 95 K – FFR 623 K)
* 5 room house on .10 acre ground around my place: FFR 1.4 M (EUR 215 K – $ 245 K)

(all change approximate)

*Conclusion:*

# Can’t get to use EURos for high denominations
# Before that I thought that 1 $ = 1 EUR !
# Thanks « Mark »:http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/10/20/foolproof for pointing to « Google calculator »:http://www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator