I remember reading an interview with Mark Walberg in a fitness magazine about 15 years ago.

Some people research cars for a year before they buy, scouring the internet and consumer reports, and all the car magazines, analyzing safety, gas mileage, repair costs, and hunting for the best deal. 

Read the comments on here from actual New Yorkers, in New York.

That and I could never settle for 10 round magazines... 

A decade ago, this company publicized their efforts:http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/200...http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jul/25/realestate...In 2003, I started a similar strategy in Denver, and was able to acquire over 40 homesites in Overland, near the Evans Light Rail Station.  

Read this if you need further explanation that it is in fact discriminatory. https://www.sfaa.org/Public/Magazine/02_2016/More_Isn_t_Merrier.aspxI am not one to get into an argument with someone on BP, but I feel like this is a platform meant to educate.

But we upstate New Yorkers are a resilient people.

http://homes.yahoo.com/photos/money-magazine-s-best-places-to-live-2013-1376093803-slideshow/15-cnn-money-best-places-to-live-2013-shrewsbury-massachusetts-photo-1376092942323.html

It was in Sunset Magazine as one of the top 5 mountain towns in the West, and there is an emerging tech scene in the area.

It is all relative. look at it from all sides.As a new Yorker myself I know 6 hrs away in Long Island can be from manhattan I don't see square foot charges just a list of broken down items that seam to look at dazzling you with #s.That being said. having been a contractor for 20 years no # by itself looks crazy, but without specifics such as square footage hourly rate, Day rate or flat rates its tough to justify one way or another.You can use book and internet resources for national costs, Such as RS MEans Nation construction data or home owner versions of https://homewyse.comThe better ones can be adjusted by zip code.