OK, so it's getting harder to buy a kick-ass pad in a stable 'hood for less than $200,000. But if you're willing to pioneer a bit, IT'S EASY TO BUY A HOME HERE. Unlike the young and upwardly mobile in Boston, D.C., L.A. or (gasp!) San Francisco, all of whom would give up their firstborn and iPods to have a crack at buying anything with running water, twentysomething professionals with average-paying jobs can and do buy houses in Atlanta. With a median home price of $142,000 and a glut of mid-century bungalows, why are you renting?
