ha!

the town i was born and lived in until i was 12 — depew, ny — is listed in a money magazine article on the “most affordable towns” in the states.

most of the towns listed are small suburbs in/near current/former industrial cities — like buffalo.  in fact, there are a bunch of buffalo suburbs listed including:  tonawanda, kenmore, lancaster, and cheektowaga.  nice!

i agree.  they are affordable.  but the median incomes in these areas are certainly a LOT lower, perhaps disproportionately so, than other areas of the country.  in manhattan, the last stats i saw were a median income of just under $100K with a median home price of over $500K.