my folks bought their apartment, bottom 2 floors of a brownstone on the upper west side in 1969 for under 60k...it was at a time when the city was broke and the neighborhood was a bit dicey....needless to say, it's worth waaaaaaay more than that now even taking inflation into account.

had they stayed renting...they would have been forced out decades ago.

they are white, but when it comes to real estate, the only color that really matters is green.