This is an unpopular take, but that is reality. It really is affordable out here! If you want more income, learn to repair reliable japanese beaters and commute a little. It’s less busy than the city, and it may bore some, but it keeps the bills paid, the kids fed, and the 401k growing.
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JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
I am coming to realize that my rural perspective is pretty different, and that lots of people live in way higher cost of living areas than I do. My biggest suggestion is if you don’t like expensive housing, get out of the city.
jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
aeiou_ckr@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I tried and here are some places I have looked where the average home is $810,000 come to find out.
Pinedale, Wyoming, USA Ennis, Montana, USA
These are in the mountains about 1 hour from the nearest big city of Jackson, Wyoming and Bozeman, Montana. I guess I need to look in the deep sticks.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
Are you really confused why those properties are expensive? Those are both desirable locations in regions with quickly growing populations. How about Livingston, or Butte?
xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 17 hours ago
If city folk starts coming to rural area, they will start complaining that city people are jacking up property prices.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
The problem is some jobs are only inside the city
MNByChoice@midwest.social 21 hours ago
We know.
There are a number of people that have a home in the country with their family, and they travel to the city to work. Sometimes they are homeless during the work, or rent a small room.
No, it is not the ideal solution, but it is a solution. Fixing the housing situation is beyond most people’s power, and it will take a long time for those trying to fix it to actually fix it.
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
Very dependent on the field. A lot of jobs are concentrated in a handful of major cities, mostly very HCOL but with high salary. That’s why remote work becoming bigger partially caused the housing surge nationwide.
MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 22 hours ago
This really isn’t as easy as it sounds. Moving means you lose your support system of friends and family etc. Some people have children and need the grandparents to help watch them during the day as just one example. Job opportunities are likely not the same. While their current city job may not pay a lot the opportunities from that job could lead a lot higher but of course life choices can be a gamble. On top of all of that, moving long distance is difficult and expensive.
I have a highly intelligent friend from a small southern town and he moved out of there because he recognized there weren’t any opportunities for someone with talent but no capital. Sure he could have stayed and bought a cheaper house but he’d still struggle to make the payment on his small salary.
Wisas62@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
You realize the headquarters of Walmart are in Arkansas? There are plenty of very high paying jobs in significantly more affordable places. Also if you pay 1/4 less for a house, and add daily childcare it’s still gonna be cheaper. People literally do it all the time, the whole concept of the suburbs was created so that people could afford houses.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
I moved to the small town. I’m a college drop out, there’s always labor in the country, and I guess I just don’t want as much from life as other people. I’ll be happy working maintenance the rest of my life of it keeps providing.