Home and Auto Unreal Estate Round 2, Heat 11 (Final Heat): AK, MN, NJ, NM, SD

**Rain Man** · 10:23 PM

Okay, almost done with Round 2 as we narrow the field. Five strong homesteads to choose from.

Alaska - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...1-01868#photo1

Minnesota - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...2_M76148-19333

New Jersey - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...-34610?turbo=1

New Mexico - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...-25383#photo31

South Dakota - http://www.movoto.com/rapid-city-sd/...02-980_129001/

**Bowser** · 02-07-2017, 10:15 PM

Ok, I am not 100% sure, but was that St. Paul house the winner for Minnesota? I remember a pretty sweet place in Minneapolis that I thought won it, but I could be mistaken.

From these choices, New Mexico is the easy winner. Alaska is nice, as is Jersey, but they can't compete with the Las Cruces place.

**Dartgod** · 02-07-2017, 10:16 PM

I wish there were more picture of the SD house. I might have voted for it, but that NM pad is pretty sweet.

**Rain Man** · 02-07-2017, 10:23 PM

My rankings:

Minnesota - Let's get this out of the way first. Winter is going to be cold there. That said, the house is nice and pretty darn big, and it's close to a great place to go running in a parka. There are restaurants not too far away as well. This house is a winner.

New Mexico - I'm intrigued, very intrigued. I like New Mexico and this is a nice house. But it's not convenient to trails (albeit near a zillion miles of wilderness) and the restaurants are a bit distant. Plus you'll have illegal immigrants camping in your yard all the time.

New Jersey - It's a nice house. There's not a great outdoor space, but you can kind of get to restaurants and Philadelphia isn't far away. I guess I could go running in the indoor swimming pool.

Alaska - Nice house. It's not huge, but it's nice. However, it's almost an hour and a half from Anchorage, and if I go out for a run a bear is guaranteed to eat me. Living in rural Alaska sounds neat, but I bet it's less fun than we think.

South Dakota - It's got some good access to a wilderness area, but the house doesn't wow me and the location isn't otherwise good. You'll get cold winters without much to offset them. Pass.

**Rain Man** · 02-07-2017, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dartgod

I wish there were more picture of the SD house. I might have voted for it, but that NM pad is pretty sweet.

I just realized that it went off market. Here are more pictures:

http://www.movoto.com/rapid-city-sd/...02-980_129001/

**Rain Man** · 02-07-2017, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bowser

Ok, I am not 100% sure, but was that St. Paul house the winner for Minnesota? I remember a pretty sweet place in Minneapolis that I thought won it, but I could be mistaken.

From these choices, New Mexico is the easy winner. Alaska is nice, as is Jersey, but they can't compete with the Las Cruces place.

Yep, St. Paul won. The Minnesota house was indeed nice, though.

**LoneWolf** · 02-07-2017, 11:49 PM

What I've learned from these threads is that Rainman has completely different needs in a home than I do. He is always commenting on proximity to restaurants and access to trails. Those two items are very low on my priority list. I prefer to be further off the beaten path and I have an exercise room with a treadmill for running.

Outdoor entertaining space and views are important to me. Views being important probably sounds funny coming from someone who lives in bum **** Kansas, but if I had to stare at somebody else's backyard all the time, I'd hang myself.

ThaVirus · 02-08-2017, 01:36 AM

New Mexico. Love the theater room and overall decor. Too bad it's in the desert, though. I prefer green.

GMitch · 02-08-2017, 04:14 AM

They're all nice but none of them wow me.

New Mexico is easily the best but I agree with ThaVirus about the view. There's much better scenery in the state.

**Indian Chief** · 02-08-2017, 06:04 AM

If I'm living in Alaska, I damn well better have more than .99 acres.

BlackHelicopters · 02-08-2017, 01:39 PM

DJ's left nut · 02-08-2017, 02:02 PM

Las Cruces is beautiful and that's probably going to be far enough away from the border that you can't actually see the wall once it gets built, so win/win there.

I liked the Alaska house but this one was fairly easy when all was said and done. Sucks being that close to the border but the NM house is a runaway favorite, IMO.

DJ's left nut · 02-08-2017, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by GMitch

They're all nice but none of them wow me.

New Mexico is easily the best but I agree with ThaVirus about the view. There's much better scenery in the state.

Yeah, get up to Santa Fe and even parts of ABQ and you get the Rockies in the background so that's a plus. But as far as deserts go, that's a pretty nice one.

raybec 4 · 02-08-2017, 02:07 PM

I was born in ABQ, some of my family is still there, it's also the nicest house. I was intrigued by the 20 acres in SD but it's the New Mexico house for me.

View Poll Results: Which house would you pick?
Alaska	5	19.23%
Minnesota	2	7.69%
New Jersey	1	3.85%
New Mexico	14	53.85%
South Dakota	0	0%
I'd take the $50,000 and stay where I'm at.	4	15.38%
Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll

02-07-2017, 10:00 PM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3058491 VARSITY	Unreal Estate Round 2, Heat 11 (Final Heat): AK, MN, NJ, NM, SD Okay, almost done with Round 2 as we narrow the field. Five strong homesteads to choose from. Alaska - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...1-01868#photo1 Minnesota - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...2_M76148-19333 New Jersey - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...-34610?turbo=1 New Mexico - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...-25383#photo31 South Dakota - http://www.movoto.com/rapid-city-sd/...02-980_129001/ Last edited by Rain Man; 02-07-2017 at 10:23 PM..
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02-07-2017, 10:15 PM	#2
Bowser sorta mod-ish Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: KC North Casino cash: $3211616	Ok, I am not 100% sure, but was that St. Paul house the winner for Minnesota? I remember a pretty sweet place in Minneapolis that I thought won it, but I could be mistaken. From these choices, New Mexico is the easy winner. Alaska is nice, as is Jersey, but they can't compete with the Las Cruces place.
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02-07-2017, 10:16 PM	#3
Dartgod Wasted away again... Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: in Margaritaville Casino cash: $7160000	I wish there were more picture of the SD house. I might have voted for it, but that NM pad is pretty sweet. __________________ If you shed a tear for me, please make it a tear of joy. -Joe Tracy (Nzoner) . .
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02-07-2017, 10:23 PM	#4
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3058491 VARSITY	My rankings: Minnesota - Let's get this out of the way first. Winter is going to be cold there. That said, the house is nice and pretty darn big, and it's close to a great place to go running in a parka. There are restaurants not too far away as well. This house is a winner. New Mexico - I'm intrigued, very intrigued. I like New Mexico and this is a nice house. But it's not convenient to trails (albeit near a zillion miles of wilderness) and the restaurants are a bit distant. Plus you'll have illegal immigrants camping in your yard all the time. New Jersey - It's a nice house. There's not a great outdoor space, but you can kind of get to restaurants and Philadelphia isn't far away. I guess I could go running in the indoor swimming pool. Alaska - Nice house. It's not huge, but it's nice. However, it's almost an hour and a half from Anchorage, and if I go out for a run a bear is guaranteed to eat me. Living in rural Alaska sounds neat, but I bet it's less fun than we think. South Dakota - It's got some good access to a wilderness area, but the house doesn't wow me and the location isn't otherwise good. You'll get cold winters without much to offset them. Pass. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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02-07-2017, 11:49 PM	#7
LoneWolf Constable of Untruths Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wichita Casino cash: $1481084	What I've learned from these threads is that Rainman has completely different needs in a home than I do. He is always commenting on proximity to restaurants and access to trails. Those two items are very low on my priority list. I prefer to be further off the beaten path and I have an exercise room with a treadmill for running. Outdoor entertaining space and views are important to me. Views being important probably sounds funny coming from someone who lives in bum **** Kansas, but if I had to stare at somebody else's backyard all the time, I'd hang myself.
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02-08-2017, 01:36 AM	#8
ThaVirus You gotta kill a few people Join Date: Sep 2007 Casino cash: $1822369	New Mexico. Love the theater room and overall decor. Too bad it's in the desert, though. I prefer green.
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02-08-2017, 04:14 AM	#9
GMitch We're coming for YOU! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oklahoma Casino cash: $1645774	They're all nice but none of them wow me. New Mexico is easily the best but I agree with ThaVirus about the view. There's much better scenery in the state. __________________ Sometimes you just have to grab the bull by the tail and face the situation. (W. C. Fields)
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02-08-2017, 06:04 AM	#10
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02-08-2017, 02:02 PM	#12
DJ's left nut Sauntering Vaguely Downwards Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Mo Casino cash: $2739099	Las Cruces is beautiful and that's probably going to be far enough away from the border that you can't actually see the wall once it gets built, so win/win there. I liked the Alaska house but this one was fairly easy when all was said and done. Sucks being that close to the border but the NM house is a runaway favorite, IMO. __________________ "If there's a god, he's laughing at us.....and our football team..." "When you look at something through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
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02-08-2017, 02:07 PM	#14
raybec 4 MVP Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Jabip Casino cash: $5043807	I was born in ABQ, some of my family is still there, it's also the nicest house. I was intrigued by the 20 acres in SD but it's the New Mexico house for me.
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