That looks like the 30 largest metro areas sorted by housing price.

But it's not in order of housing price. It defies belief (my belief, anyway) that incomes are so much higher in SF than New York or LA that $765k is more affordable than half a mil.

You're quite right - I both skimmed the list and misread the question (as something more like "why are some of these cities included on this list of so-called affordable places" rather than "why is this presented this way"). D'oh!

Speaking of making veggies last longer, does anyone know if I can boil russet potatoes, chop them up, and then freeze them for a bit? I bought a 10-lb. bag last Friday, and know that I'll never get through them before they go bad.

I think once they are cooked they freeze just fine. It's if you freeze them raw that they get mushy. Parboiling might even be enough.

I'm not sure what my excuse is.

I think your excuse is named Teddy. I know that for me, animals are pretty much part of the family, so the surprise isn't that you're willing to do this, but that the program exists!

My sick is in my stomach and it makes me very sad. I'm hungry, dammit.

does anyone know if I can boil russet potatoes, chop them up, and then freeze them for a bit?

I think I would freeze them without boiling. You can always boil later, no? My sous-kitchen stuff had raw potatoes and they seemed to hold up fine. But they were then slow-cooked for chili verde so I eventually wanted them mushy.

When I make a big batch of soup to freeze I leave out the potatos or they'll mush.

They live a loooooong time in the refrigerator.

Your cats actually lay where you can pet them? Anna does not. Anna will flop just out of reach and then look at you like "why are you not petting me? Get up and move!"

This morning she kept meowing. Meowmeowmeow! So I checked her water, there was something floating on it and I changed it. Slurpslurp! And I thought I was done. Until I heard

meowmeowmeow and she was by the food bowl. Which I filled last night and I told her she's out of luck.

Then she got on the bed (she has to jump on a footstool first) meowmeowmeowmeow oookay. She wants attention. I picked her up to pet her. Squirmsquirmsquirm. And I put her down.

MEOW!

I tired petting her while she was on the bed and she wouldn't have any of it. So I told her "What do you want! I have nothing left for you! No treats" and left the house. On the way to work I was stricken -- what if she dies and I get home and I didn't even give her a treat! I'm the worst pet parent ever!

Of course I'm sure when I get home she'll start meowing nad when I go to pet her/give her a treat she'll either run under the bed or flop where I can't reach her.

But if you keep your potatoes in the fridge the starches will turn to sugars.