Where to live?

deefinedeefine
edited April 2022 in General

It's so expensive now. Utah's overrun, at least the cities, and housing has gotten ridiculous and unaffordable for most single incomes. A lot of people on the site here are in California but I don't know how you afford it 😆 Texas cities are like made out of jewels, and New York may as well be in the ocean for all my consideration.

What're the best states or cities in your opinion to live in nicely at an average income or upper-middle-class income?

I love the mountains here, but about the only affordable places are vast stretches of podunk, and I'm wondering what other states or cities I should look into for some modern conveniences for working on a laptop without being in a crazy tumbleweed town.

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  • cuddles_ndreamcuddles_ndream

    This has become one of my favorite YouTube channels in the past few months … & this particular video covers the cheapest states to live in if you’re looking for cheap / affordable

  • SCityCuddlerSCityCuddler
    edited April 2022

    St. Louis Missouri is affordable.

  • [Deleted User]TheZeroEffect (deleted user)

    Cleveland, Ohio is cheap and has a mix of country/southern comfort/city life.

  • CyprusCyprus

    I think this application bring the people close

  • MxSmithMxSmith

    I feel you. I'm also looking... I currently live in Rhode Island. I don't know if I'd recommend it. Mixed feelings. My rent is $1300 split with one roommate, and thats a really good deal here. I'm looking at Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.

  • Nature_Lover_Nature_Lover_

    Wow! Housing and coat of living can be so variable from one local to the next. @MxSmith that seems quite expensive ! 😳

  • MxSmithMxSmith

    @Nature_Lover_ I agree its expensive! I don't really want to live here anymore.. I came for school, now I'm looking around. There isn't very much in New England, I'll tell you that much. We're getting squeezed like everyone else.

  • [Deleted User]LolaCats (deleted user)

    I’m trying to get out of New England because I hate the weather and I simply can’t find a one bedroom that I can afford up here. It’s ridiculously expensive. I pay the same @MxSmith with a roommate as well!
    Trying to move to Tampa. Not as expensive but soooo competitive and difficult to get into a decent spot. 😔🙃

  • RezzRezz
    edited April 2022

    Not Nashville TN.
    Real estate here is insane.
    My ONE bedroom 20 minutes from downtown with no traffic - $1700 a month before fees and utilities. Rent is just going to continue to increase so if you find a place you love, seal it with a long lease.

  • waynewvwaynewv

    I really like Florida, home state is WV, but tired of the bad weather. Also lived in MD and Washington DC many years ago.!
    I hear MD cost of living is real high now.
    I have an old Ford conv. And a motorcycle that I can now use all year round.
    The roads here are nice, no snow,ice, black ice. Yes it is HOT for a few months, but the rest of the time it’s great.
    The housing market is going crazy around the bigger cities, if you look in north FL, not so crazy. There is no state income taxes taken out of your wages. There is no personal property taxes on you cars, boats, RV’s.
    Some states may call it a different name, but it is where you have a pay a yearly tax up and above your tags based on the value of your car-etc. I’m into old cars/trucks and offered a good job in GA. I went and checked at the tax office and they wanted 2500.00 a year !!!! Plus the cost of the tags and that was with out my airplane. So I asked the lady about the plane, she said oh yes we tax that to and then said , if you got toys we WILL tax them !!!! So I didn’t take the job.
    I’m sure there may be better places, but I’m happy here

  • jerseynitejerseynite

    @davebutton im from NYC and am lucky to have a great deal on my apartment, I was in Utah over the summer and fell in love with Salt Lake City!

    Although it is not as diverse as I would like it definitely seemed like a very safe metropolitan area to live in. I would recommend staying if you can! I feel like if you have a 6 figure salary you could live pretty comfortably in Utah, can’t say the same for NYC.

  • quincyq03quincyq03
    edited April 2022

    The Midwest may be one of the more appealing options. All four seasons, so weather isn’t terrible if you like variety, aside from hot summers and occasional storm threats. Cost of living is generally low, when compared to the coasts, but there are still cities nearby with lots to do. (St. Louis, for example. Ohio is another good choice, with many up and coming cities, but the cost of living is still manageable)

    I moved to Oklahoma after living in Connecticut most of my life. The cost of living is night and day. I had a studio apartment in CT for $1250 a month and that was in 2012. Rent for a 3-bdrm house out here is cheaper than that. Mortgages will always be cheaper than renting, but I bought a fully remodeled house here, 3-bdrm, and it’s $900/month, in a good neighborhood. I’d be paying almost double that back in Connecticut.

    The drawback is that I feel like Oklahoma is way behind the times. Most areas still don’t recycle :/, there’s been a big culture shock and there’s really not much to do. Dallas is only about three hours away, but it definitely feels disconnected out here.

    Taxes are low here, but you get what you pay for. Roads are terrible. Infrastructure feels about 20-30 years behind, outside downtown Oklahoma City and Norman.

  • RadiantHugsRadiantHugs Mod
    edited April 2022

    I'd have said Austin about four years ago. Can't really say that now. It's quite insane, some of my friends are talking about lease renewals going up 20 percent or more. It's still a good place to live, but certainly not cheap anymore.

  • CuddleDuncanCuddleDuncan Mod

    Utopia.

    If you don't know where to live, the obvious answer is to surely Utopia. Yes I know that Sir Thomas More's original was a fictional island, but today it really does exist although it's not an island. It's in Texas.

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