I posted here just yesterday asking about the chances of successfully finding a place to live in the US on $1000 or so a month income. My job is online so I can live kinda anywhere. When I asked the question I thought I was pretty much doomed to a life of squalor, but now it seems I can even rent a house with that amount of income plus some savings that I'm steadily accumulating. Still have so many questions though because due to being a total recluse all my life I don't really understand the world at all beyond reading stuff and tons of assumptions.
I honestly don't get what the hell one of these places that isn't "seeing a lot of economic activity" would be like. People say to avoid the "hubs of economic activity," so what is it like living in a place that is not one of those? I am a shut-in from California, these kinda super NIMBY neighborhoods are all I know. I have no realistic image in my head of what it'd be like any other place. This is like the bubble to end all bubbles, I have absolutely zero perspective.
Also I smoke a lot of weed but don't have the luxury of choosing a place just because weed is more accessible there. It's really hitting me that anywhere besides California it's kind of a pain to buy weed, that is truly tragic that most of the world lives in such a way.
Anyway if anyone's still reading or you skipped ahead to this I'd appreciate suggestions on locations that are low crime + low rent. Like in a reddit thread I was reading someone suggested Atlanta, isn't that basically the hood? I live in a place where I accidentally left my car door open while it was parked outside on the curb and didn't notice for like a day and a half, and nothing had been taken. I have a cat so I can't have burglars coming in and the cat getting out while they're busy stealing my TV, that is like the worst thing that could happen in life.
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[–] Alois_sticklgruber 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Small towns. Trailers in small shitty towns are cheap. Maybe $300 a month.
Had a friend years ago live in an old farm house in the country. He had to mow the lawn, shovel the snow, and help the farmer 10-30 hrs a week (depending on season) but he paid $200 a month and the power was included.
[–] Diogenes_The_Cynic 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Take a look at Nevada.
[–] siliconvilla [S] ago (edited ago)
Any specific city to look at? That is one of the first places I looked, there were these satellite images of the rentals and it looked like just suburban sprawl in all directions. But the numbers did match my income.
[–] Diogenes_The_Cynic ago
That sprawl is the reason you can own a home and live a normal life if you have a car.
[–] Halstan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
What are you?
[–] BeHereNow ago
He is niggerfaggotbot, the new AI from Microsoft.
[–] Halstan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Sounds like a real dickface.
[–] siliconvilla [S] ago
Just don't have anyone to talk to I guess.
[–] Halstan ago
Hah. Not at the moment.
[–] n0logic ago
You can buy a repo house in my area for about 10k to 15k . mid south small town nice area very little crime . good high speed net ( 8up 60down ) fairly low taxes about 300 yr and utilities run about 300 mth for the average family .
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[–] siliconvilla [S] ago
Just need somewhere I can live and feel like I got a good deal and am not in a crumbling shack. Right now I've got like $1,000 a month tops to pay for rent alone, trying to save up so I have more to spend. A lot of people are saying Nevada but now I'm reading about it and it seems like the rental market is really heating up around there. Not interested in doing much beyond hanging out in my house/apartment and accumulating more money. So some six month to a year arrangement where I feel safe and am not breaking the bank on rent, is that unrealistic?
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[–] siliconvilla [S] ago (edited ago)
I've been looking at mainly Reno on those apartment finder sites and have a feeling I'll end up there. I think Texas would be too much of a change, I'd never fit in. But I went to Reno like 10 years ago and it felt like just a kinda shabbier version of California, not too terrible. (Is this the whole Californian asshole thing you're referring to?)
[–] Le_Squish 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
The smaller the community, who you are and building social capital become more important than the mask you wear. Your reputation will actually mean something...no more getting lost in the crowd.
Pace of life can be much slower and I can tell you that everyone hates Californians and if you can't leave shitty Cali attitudes behind, you will have difficulty assimilating in a new community.