Home and Auto Unreal Estate Game: Wyoming - Page 3

**Rain Man** · 10-17-2016, 12:40 PM

Assume that you idly buy a state lottery ticket while getting a doughnut at 7/11, and voila! You're a winner! You win your choice of one the five houses that will be shown.

I'll give you five houses in a state, and you vote on the house you would take.

Background rules:

Assume that your job situation won't need to change - you can find an identical job or work from home or whatever, so jobs don't matter.

Consider the house itself and the location and anything else that's important to you (schools, restaurants, lot size, etc.). Feel free to do a google map search to check out the neighborhood and the area.

You cannot sell the home. You can live in it as long as you like, but when you move out, it reverts back to the state as a prize for a future winner.

All houses will generally be in the $900,000 to $1 million price range.

All maintenance and utilities and taxes are cost-neutral compared to your current home.

If you wouldn't move into any of these homes, you can instead accept a cash prize of $50,000 (tax free).

Today's state is Wyoming. Here are your five houses:

Cheyenne - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...9_M81713-02298

Cody - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...2-82338#photo0

Dubois - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...7-07369#photo0

Jackson Hole - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...8-15072#photo0

Pinedale - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...8-24827#photo0

**Ming the Merciless** · 10-17-2016, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Gadzooks

I've had to alter the rules to play along, otherwise I'd be taking the 50 Gs every time. I'm picking the house that I would live in if I was forced to live somewhere in the state.
You'd have to do a lot better than the 1 M dollar range to get me to budge from where I am now.

this is what i assumed everyone was doing

I'm basically pretending I have nothing where I am, or am renting a place....otherwise I agree.

I would take the 50g thus far because its not worth it for me to move/retire/sell my house

**Gadzooks** · 10-17-2016, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Pawnmower

this is what i assumed everyone was doing

I'm basically pretending I have nothing where I am, or am renting a place....otherwise I agree.

I would take the 50g thus far because its not worth it for me to move/retire/sell my house

I looked up the average price of a house in KC and Google told me $132,300. That can't be right... Is it 1982 in KC?

**Ming the Merciless** · 10-17-2016, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Gadzooks

I looked up the average price of a house in KC and Google told me $132,300. That can't be right... Is it 1982 in KC?

heh

I am not familiar with the KC market at all. I do have a cousin who builds homes in the area...and about 5 years ago I went to some of the nicer ones...I was amazed at what you could get out there for the money. Huge basements/man caves....land....nice quality construction....

Awful tempting if youre a renter elsewhere to move to a place like that and put down roots, IMO. If I was younger and still renting I would go somewhere like that where places were affordable....

Hoover · 10-17-2016, 05:58 PM

I love Jackson Hole, best airport I've ever flied in and out of.

That said, if I'm going to have a place in Wyoming I want it to be my own little Oasis, so I'll go with Dubois. It's perfect. Large, great for entertaining, and not far from Jackson and Yellow Stone.

Easy choice if you ask me. That pool table room, just money!

**lewdog** · 10-17-2016, 06:42 PM

I've been to all and I really like the area around Pinedale the best. Beautiful country. It's close to the Wind River Range. One of the best trips I've ever taken.

Kman34 · 10-17-2016, 07:41 PM

With a address "Clubhouse Dr" I knew Dubois had to be on a Golf course.... a quick check on Google maps confirmed it.....I believe I would be very happy there....

**lewdog** · 10-17-2016, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kman34

With a address "Clubhouse Dr" I knew Dubois had to be on a Golf course.... a quick check on Google maps confirmed it.....I believe I would be very happy there....

Do you know how long the golfing season is in Wyoming?

**Bwana** · 10-17-2016, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Which one is the furthest away from the Yellowstone super volcano that's going to kill everybody in the world?

I'll take that house.

It that things blows, you would be screwed in all of those places.

dmahurin · 10-17-2016, 08:05 PM

Pinedale then Cody. Im looking for land to build a smaller version of that now anyways.

**lewdog** · 10-17-2016, 08:16 PM

I actually have a friend from high school who lives in Pinedale.

I can get the hookup for anyone who is serious about moving.

**Rain Man** · 10-17-2016, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bwana

It that things blows, you would be screwed in all of those places.

And all other places as well.

**Rain Man** · 10-17-2016, 09:13 PM

I voted for Dubois too, but does it bother anyone else to be so far from a grocery store or restaurant or movie theater?

Would UPS deliver there? Could you do Amazon Prime so that you could get a package of cookies without driving 50 miles?

threebag · 10-17-2016, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I voted for Dubois too, but does it bother anyone else to be so far from a grocery store or restaurant or movie theater?

Would UPS deliver there? Could you do Amazon Prime so that you could get a package of cookies without driving 50 miles?

No, Maybe, Dunno

**Rain Man** · 10-17-2016, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by threebag02

No, Maybe, Dunno

I romanticize living in the middle of nowhere and Dubois is beautiful, but I have to admit that I really like the anonymity of living in a big city and the ease of getting services. If I could get a UPS box of good food three times a week, that would ease a lot of my discomfort. But I don't think I'd enjoy going to the same three restaurants and nodding to the same people any time I wanted to go out. As much as I like the idea of country living, I'd probably prefer to live in the city at this point.

But man, that Dubois house is gorgeous.

**lewdog** · 10-17-2016, 09:24 PM

I went to a really nice sports card shop in Dubois.

I wonder if it's still in business?

View Poll Results: Which house would you pick?
Cheyenne	5	8.62%
Cody	7	12.07%
Dubois	23	39.66%
Jackson Hole	4	6.90%
Pinedale	10	17.24%
I'd take the $50,000 and stay where I'm at.	9	15.52%
Voters: 58. You may not vote on this poll

10-17-2016, 12:40 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-452449 VARSITY	Unreal Estate Game: Wyoming Assume that you idly buy a state lottery ticket while getting a doughnut at 7/11, and voila! You're a winner! You win your choice of one the five houses that will be shown. I'll give you five houses in a state, and you vote on the house you would take. Background rules: Assume that your job situation won't need to change - you can find an identical job or work from home or whatever, so jobs don't matter. Consider the house itself and the location and anything else that's important to you (schools, restaurants, lot size, etc.). Feel free to do a google map search to check out the neighborhood and the area. You cannot sell the home. You can live in it as long as you like, but when you move out, it reverts back to the state as a prize for a future winner. All houses will generally be in the $900,000 to $1 million price range. All maintenance and utilities and taxes are cost-neutral compared to your current home. If you wouldn't move into any of these homes, you can instead accept a cash prize of $50,000 (tax free). Today's state is Wyoming. Here are your five houses: Cheyenne - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...9_M81713-02298 Cody - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...2-82338#photo0 Dubois - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...7-07369#photo0 Jackson Hole - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...8-15072#photo0 Pinedale - http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...8-24827#photo0
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10-17-2016, 05:58 PM	#34
Hoover Rufus Dawes Jr. Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-1941821	I love Jackson Hole, best airport I've ever flied in and out of. That said, if I'm going to have a place in Wyoming I want it to be my own little Oasis, so I'll go with Dubois. It's perfect. Large, great for entertaining, and not far from Jackson and Yellow Stone. Easy choice if you ask me. That pool table room, just money!
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10-17-2016, 06:42 PM	#35
lewdog Mod Team Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Valley of the hot as **** Casino cash: $-1358100	I've been to all and I really like the area around Pinedale the best. Beautiful country. It's close to the Wind River Range. One of the best trips I've ever taken.
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10-17-2016, 07:41 PM	#36
Kman34 My Mamma Says Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Glass Cage Of Emotion Casino cash: $-1708214 VARSITY	With a address "Clubhouse Dr" I knew Dubois had to be on a Golf course.... a quick check on Google maps confirmed it.....I believe I would be very happy there....
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10-17-2016, 08:16 PM	#40
lewdog Mod Team Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Valley of the hot as **** Casino cash: $-1358100	I actually have a friend from high school who lives in Pinedale. I can get the hookup for anyone who is serious about moving.
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10-17-2016, 09:13 PM	#42
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-452449 VARSITY	I voted for Dubois too, but does it bother anyone else to be so far from a grocery store or restaurant or movie theater? Would UPS deliver there? Could you do Amazon Prime so that you could get a package of cookies without driving 50 miles? __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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10-17-2016, 09:24 PM	#45
lewdog Mod Team Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Valley of the hot as **** Casino cash: $-1358100	I went to a really nice sports card shop in Dubois. I wonder if it's still in business?
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