Well, I don’t know. Where do you live? Where do you want to live? There are sites like zillow that let you search, but there’s other listings and word of mouth. A combined budget of $1k for rent and bills isn’t going to go very far most places.
I’m in a small town, my roommate owns a 750sqft 2br house with a small garden. This year, the mortgage was $800/month, but property taxes went up so next year we’ll need to rebudget for $975.
He drives a forklift, and I’m a machine operator that’s been out of work since I’ve started getting presyncope that makes it dangerous.
I would like to live closer to employment, since I don’t feel safe driving any more and the bus runs once every other hour between 9-5, but housing in the nearest midsize city is still more than twice as much, and I’d have to give up my fruit trees.
I don’t think you’d find a 2 bedroom for $1k in NYC (though you’d likely save by not needing a car, so factor that into budgets). I see some on the map (Zillow, which I don’t know if it’s the best) for Philly, which I’m told is nice, but I’ve never lived there long term. I don’t know if they’re any good. You’d have to search yourself.
Yeah, I can’t find a 2br for $1k anywhere outside Flyover Country, and any savings from not driving is largely offset by the cost of not having a garden, unless I wanted to eat lower quality produce.
What do you do for work, and how did you get there?
Well, prices keep going up, so that’s a good question. Rent last year it was $700, this year it was $800, next year it’ll be $975. I got lucky and found somebody with a mortgage who needed a roommate, but I’ve been struggling with my health and I lost my job earlier this year because of it, so the budgeting has become impossible.
I keep hearing that there’s nice places I could move to, but they all turn out to need more bootstraps than god gave me.
Cool, where can I get an apartment like that? I have one roommate, and combined we have a budget of $1k for rent and bills.
Well, I don’t know. Where do you live? Where do you want to live? There are sites like zillow that let you search, but there’s other listings and word of mouth. A combined budget of $1k for rent and bills isn’t going to go very far most places.
You said these nice apartments were available, but I can’t find any, so I’m asking you.
Where do your friends live, and what do they pay for housing? How can I be like them?
I live in new york city. I don’t get the impression you’re engaging in good faith, though.
I keep being told that better is available, but am frustrated that there are never any details on how I can obtain it.
Well, you haven’t provided any details yourself so that seems fair.
I’m in a small town, my roommate owns a 750sqft 2br house with a small garden. This year, the mortgage was $800/month, but property taxes went up so next year we’ll need to rebudget for $975.
He drives a forklift, and I’m a machine operator that’s been out of work since I’ve started getting presyncope that makes it dangerous.
I would like to live closer to employment, since I don’t feel safe driving any more and the bus runs once every other hour between 9-5, but housing in the nearest midsize city is still more than twice as much, and I’d have to give up my fruit trees.
I don’t think you’d find a 2 bedroom for $1k in NYC (though you’d likely save by not needing a car, so factor that into budgets). I see some on the map (Zillow, which I don’t know if it’s the best) for Philly, which I’m told is nice, but I’ve never lived there long term. I don’t know if they’re any good. You’d have to search yourself.
Yeah, I can’t find a 2br for $1k anywhere outside Flyover Country, and any savings from not driving is largely offset by the cost of not having a garden, unless I wanted to eat lower quality produce.
What do you do for work, and how did you get there?
What kind of single family house can you afford with that in comparison?
Well, prices keep going up, so that’s a good question. Rent last year it was $700, this year it was $800, next year it’ll be $975. I got lucky and found somebody with a mortgage who needed a roommate, but I’ve been struggling with my health and I lost my job earlier this year because of it, so the budgeting has become impossible.
I keep hearing that there’s nice places I could move to, but they all turn out to need more bootstraps than god gave me.
Sorry, my question was rethorical. My point was that single family housing is more expensive than flats
I’m not talking about detached housing vs flats, I’m talking about staying where I’m at vs moving.