I voted for 'reasonable'. At approximately 33% of income, it is a bit high, but having just moved from a very HCOLA (Wash DC) I know how much people in those areas sacrifice for decent housing.
However, another thing I know about areas like that is that MANY people have what most people in this country would consider an outragous commute in order to have affordable, decent housing. So, maybe you could take another look there and go a touch further than you thought would be reasonable. The first place we lived in DC had me at about an hour and a half, each way, for my commute into the city. We subsequently moved closer and I ended up at about 50-60 min each way. That was right about at the average for most people in the area. I took the metro most of the way so I could read the paper and relax and it worked out fine. Ideal, no, but tolerable. Maybe give that a think and increase the radius you're looking in by 10-15 min drive time and you might be on better ground.
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