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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[–] 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?