Shopping List of Prices

Here is a comparison shopper's guide to some real estate prices; based on average local prices or some actual recent sales:

URBAN & SUBURBAN

Boston, downtown $60-$70 per sq. ft. Atlanta, Peachtree Center $200 per sq. ft. Honolulu, downtown $60-$70 per sq. ft. Manhattan, midtown $200 per sq. ft. Miami Beach area, zoned for high rises $450,000 per acre* Madison, Wis. on Lake Mendota $28,500 for 85 front feet Minneapolis, southern suburbs $11,000-$13,000 per 1/2 acre Kansas City, raw land in Platt County, north of Kansas City $1,500-$2,500 per acre Providence, R.I., suburb of Glocester $2,500-$4000 per acre Dallas-Fort Worth Airport vicinity $25,000 per acre Houston, raw industrial land $26,500 per acre

RECREATIONAL

Boothbay Harbor, Me., waterfront lots $40,000 per acre Cape Cod, Mass. on bayside in Osterville $30,000 per 1/2 acre Martha's Vineyard, Mass. on Vineyard Sound $104,000 per acre (with 300 ft. frontage) Island Pond, Vt. 16 miles from Canadian border $150 per acre Long Island's north shore, non-waterfront lots $12,000 per acre Disney World, Fla., on swampy southern fringe $900 per acre Disney World, north on Lake Hancock Road $4,000 per acre Sundance ski resort, 60 miles from Salt Lake City $10,000-$13,000 per acre Lakeway resort community, near Austin, Texas $25,000-$70,000 per 1/3-to 1/2 acre Palm Springs, Calif., vicinity of airport $100,000 per acre Lake Tahoe, Calif., waterfront lots $1,000 per front ft. Koko Kai, Oahu, Hawaii, ocean-front on marina $125,000 for less than 1/2 acre

FARM AND GRAZING LAND

Colorado, 50 miles north of Denver $1,000-$2,000 per acre Utah, Sanpete County Up to $1,000 per acre New Mexico, at foot Sandia Mountain $5,000 per acre Missouri, 150 miles southwest of St. Louis $150-$200 per acre Missouri, north central $500 per acre Illinois, west of Fox River $3,000-plus per acre Northern Michigan $250-$300 per acre Alabama, 30 miles from Montgomery $150-$400 per acre

* There are 43,560 sq. ft. in an acre.

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