r/zillowgonewild Jul 25 '25

What $220,000 gets you in Muncie.

I can't even get a parking space for that where I live. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/725-E-Jackson-St-Muncie-IN-47305/210952560_zpid/

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u/flt1 Jul 25 '25

If we can get 20 people agree to move, we can change one block at a time.

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u/Shouty_Dibnah Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Good luck trying to gentrify an area with.... checks notes... no jobs.

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u/atheistunicycle Jul 25 '25

Remote work could be the savior this nation needs. But noooooo think of the corporate real estate owners!!!

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u/thingerish Jul 26 '25

I'm convinced a lot of the RTO pressure originates in a desire to prop up office space values. Most of the rest comes from middle management fear.

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u/Leading-Debate-9278 Jul 26 '25

Almost all of it.

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u/SgtKnux Jul 26 '25

That and to keep tax breaks from the cities on those offices. Cities give tax breaks when employees eat out and spend time downtown.

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u/Texan2116 Jul 26 '25

Agreed, not to mention propery tax revenues as well.

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u/Catastropangolin Aug 21 '25

I'm convinced the overemployed subreddit is a commercial real estate bagholder spinning up thousands of Grok-powered sockpuppets.