Gas cost would go up, insurance would likely go down because not going to be luxury or hybrid.Maintenance schedule is currently known.

Whereas central air conditioning used to be a  luxury 20-30 years ago, nowadays I'd say most mid-priced to upper price houses are expected to have it.  

Hello everyone,My name is Christopher and I am currently an Architectural and Urban Designer at an architectural firm in Miami; with three and a half years of experience in various projects ranging from 12-acre master planning , luxury single-family homes,  and  mixed-use commercial developments.  

Half the time I was either choking from laughter or holding in vomit Did i tell you that one about the Luxury cats house (the Luxury was select breed cats).The flies died in the windows from the smell... somebody touring the house should NOT have opened the fridge.....

A pool is a luxury item.

For example, I read on the Internet that Sarah Palin spends hundreds of thousands of tax-payers dollars throwing drug-crazed sex parties in the Alaska's governor's mansion.

Your other option is to seek properties in areas where the competition isn't buying, or property types they avoid (condos, country property, older houses, luxury homes, etc).

The area is a very nice heritage neighborhood with 800k mansions a stone's throw away, though the immediate area is cheaper, 200-300k and also has some mansions converted to apartments.

In Jefferson's day, taxing imports was the perfect solution- the wealthier you were, the more you imported, and thus taxing imports taxed the consumption of luxuries.

I'm definitely a car guy and am looking forward to owning some luxury sports car, but holding back on that will really put me to the test!