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cemaphonic

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10. Surely he means "horses" instead of "houses" right.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:51 AM

Nov 2014

I agree, no reason to pay $1m for a horse even in Silicon Valley.

The lot my house sits on has an assessment of about $150k, and it's a weird sloped lot that's close to a freeway, and also isn't in freaking Silicon Valley.

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Google CEO Larry Page: Million Dollar Houses In Silicon Valley Should Only Cost $50,000 [View all] steve2470 Nov 2014 OP

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Surely he means "horses" instead of "houses" right. cemaphonic Nov 2014 #10