Housing will be tough on 25k a year.

Or that has Brooklyn, Irvine CA, and San Jose cheaper than Vegas? My 550 sq ft 1 br apartment in San Jose was $2300 a month.

Like others ITT, I think the play is to live in a young/nice area of a fairly cheap city with a roommate and try to land a teaching job in the burbs <30 mins away.

St Louis and KC have notoriously bad schools. So bad, in fact, that books have been written about it.

OP, are you looking to teach in inner city schools? As someone who went to inner city schools, I'd definitely suggest against it, but I guess it depends on your tolerance for culture shock (ghetto children, teachers who never taught a class, no ac or heat, no working plumbing, etc). I'd suggest moving into a suburb of a major Midwest city and teaching in one of their schools.

And uh... living in LA on $25k is a pretty bad life plan. Finding roommates on Craigslist in a major city is a worse plan. Also, Texas, near any major city is horribly expensive. Austin is more expensive than LA.

That's dumb. The reverse is more optimal. Teachers in Baltimore city make a lot of money Baltimore is a crappy place to live though

Look at college towns. Athens, GA (UGA) is super cheap, but has tons to do. Lots of bars, huge music scene, decent outdoors. A few hours drive and you're in the smoky mountains. Plus there are all kinds of groups, clubs, activities at the University. I lived there ~6 years ago and with roommates I never paid more than $400 per month for rent and lived in very nice accommodations. Mediocre school system there. Roughly an hour away from Atlanta for a large airport and professional sports teams.

I mean I'm pretty sure a lot of people that work in Baltimore proper don't live there.

Plus we have poker.

Um, TX schools consistently rank below average on almost every measure, often far below.

no union though

The majority of inner city schools are garbage. St. Louis also actually has a few schools in the city limits that are actually good. My recommendation for a city like St. Louis is to find a cheap suburb and work there. It's 1 year, so it really doesn't matter where he lives even if it is in the sticks.

FYP.

BBQ tho

Not enough, man. Not enough.

Texas has 2 school districts ranked in the top 10 in the country.

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Also we have the country's finest women

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spokane

It's hotter than average, way ****ing hotter, actually.

More American made cars than average. More pickup trucks as well.

Above average women. Nice to see what girls look like without 5 lbs of makeup on (they look amazing, actually). Have you heard of an "Ohio Bombshell?" No, lol.

UT Austin is one of few "Public Ivies" in the country. I hear RIce ain't a bad college either.

The only certified F1 racing track in the entire US of A.

Above average music ability.

Above average clean water. No droughts to worry about.

More than average technology patent litigation.

More festivals than average.

Above average size. Second only to Alaska.

Above average human size. Houston, El Paso, and Dallas are listed in the top 25 fattest cities in America.

+1

There is decent poker there too.

People tell me that the bar/party scenes in Lincoln and Omaha NE are better than what you would expect. And of course living is cheap.

I mean I've seen people saying Austin TX, but for 25k a year?? How far outside the city center and how many roommates are we talking?

Must be the ****tiest city in all of America. But it is close to nature.

It's a lot better than 10 years ago...just needs some hipsters to make a sitcom and it will be the next Portland.

I think New Orleans is still pretty cheap, especially the neighboring perishes. The food, women, and the unique history are second to none. The heat, humidity, and the bugs, unfortunately, are the worst.

^but vampires man

You can get a decent 1 bedroom in the city for 750 a month. 2 bedroom for 1000 a month if you want a roomie. Austin is expensive compared to the rest of Texas but way less expensive than most of the country.

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