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01-08-2013 , 12:40 AM

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amberdosh

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Fort Mill, SC

Basically a suburb of Charlotte, but with all the cheapness of South Carolina

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/22...90067401_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/74...16447781_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/31...18181206_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/15...71476245_zpid/

You have good taste in homes, sir. This looks promising.

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01-08-2013 , 12:44 AM

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amberdosh

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Originally Posted by Alobar

moderate climate and no rednecks, pretty much eliminates the entire US as far as cheap housing goes. Cuz if there arent rednecks then the weather is crap for some months.

Ya several people have already explained that. I haven't traveled too much outside of California.

As long as it's cheap and safe, I'm willing to consider it.

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01-08-2013 , 12:55 AM

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If I lived in a city that had great quality of living and cheap housing, I sure as hell wouldn't want to decrease the quality of living and increase the price of housing by advertising it to the whole world as a desirable location.

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01-08-2013 , 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by mmbt0ne

1st "house" isn't too bad but the last 2 are horrible.

The bedrooms in the last 2 have to be about 10x10.

A 1000 sq ft home is small.

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01-08-2013 , 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by AlexM

House prices in Atlanta are pretty good too.

Home prices aren't bad here, but you're not finding a decent house in a good area for under $100K.

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01-08-2013 , 01:06 AM

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Donkedout757

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Originally Posted by amberdosh

Thanks for all the feedback. The only requirements that aren't flexible are cheap and safe. Some bible thumping and cold winters or hot summers might work, so please list those places too.

Anybody have an opinion about North Carolina? I know nothing about it but I know it's pretty cheap.

Its hard to generalize NC I know of the eastern half of it you have beaches at obx but houses cost more than 100k,you have decent houses at 100k ish in NC a lot of country living down there nice people for the most part.Prices are pretty low sometimes work can be hard to find there and people from nothern part of NC commute to VA for work.Gotta sweat ducking hurricanes every year btw

if you like the outdoors this might be a good place for you.The western part of the state I dunno much about.

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01-08-2013 , 01:07 AM

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I think this question is alot more interesting with prices around 250K

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01-08-2013 , 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by I_AM_EVIL

1st "house" isn't too bad but the last 2 are horrible.

The bedrooms in the last 2 have to be about 10x10.

A 1000 sq ft home is small.

Any of those four would be a significant upgrade from the glorified closet I'm paying $1,500 a month for right now.

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01-08-2013 , 01:42 AM

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Conway Sc if you need a home. You can buy a really nice 2 bedroom condo on a golf course in neighboring myrtle beach for 70k no problem, 80 golf courses , awesome beach and crime is not an issue. Myrtle Beach is a mixed population of rednecks and yankees who didnt quite make it to Florida. Not too much bilble thumping with 11 strip clubs. Really low cost of living GL

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01-08-2013 , 01:50 AM

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I'd look into Missouri. Columbia (in the middle of the state) is probably going to be above 100k, but maybe one of the smaller towns around there might fit the bill. The minimum 20k people requirement/bible thumping element might be your biggest problem. Another option would be in the Kansas City suburbs in either Kansas or Missouri. The St. Louis suburbs would be more than 100k but houses there are still pretty damn cheap.

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01-08-2013 , 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian O'Nolan

This is OOT, not the front page of Reddit.

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01-08-2013 , 01:55 AM

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Noze

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There is literally nowhere worth living that meets these requirements

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01-08-2013 , 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MrAdvantage

Myrtle Beach also looks promising. I had never considered South Carolina but it seems to have a nice mix of the things I'm looking for, based on Wikipedia and Googling.

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01-08-2013 , 01:58 AM

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Who are these millions of tourists that go to Myrtle Beach every summer? Old people, college kids, new yorkers, japanese or ...?

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01-08-2013 , 02:16 AM

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Who are these millions of tourists that go to Myrtle Beach every summer? Old people, college kids, new yorkers, japanese or ...?

Def old people/ snow birds in winter months but spring and summer are a mix of families and young party people. Visitors come from every state north of here, Ohio , Michigan and Canada. pm me and we can speak. I will be glad to answer any ?s you might have. I moved here from Bahhhston in 98 and have no regrets

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01-08-2013 , 02:25 AM

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microbet

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Summer in MO sucks.

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01-08-2013 , 02:27 AM

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You could be a snowbird. Nice house in upstate NY or Maine or something and travel/motorhome for winter.

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01-08-2013 , 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by dessin d'enfant

I think this question is alot more interesting with prices around 250K

Maybe at 150k. At 250k, you could live almost anywhere outside of the extremely overpriced cities.

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01-08-2013 , 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by MrAdvantage

Cool thanks. Watching a bunch of youtube videos about it now. Myrtle Beach seems great. It has a bunch of the perks I didn't bother adding to the requirements because I didn't think you could get them anywhere in the US for this price range.

This is definitely on my list of places to visit and test drive now for sure.

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01-08-2013 , 03:01 AM

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Real estate prices are probably a bit higher but have a look at Grand Junction Colorado. I would think you could get in the market for <150,000

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01-08-2013 , 03:02 AM

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lol @ moving from SF to anything with Carolina in the name.

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01-08-2013 , 03:13 AM

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Howard Beale

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Why not buy a decent used RV and find reasonably priced parks to travel to?

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01-08-2013 , 03:16 AM

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http://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/w4m/3530334681.html

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01-08-2013 , 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Howard Beale

Why not buy a decent used RV and find reasonably priced parks to travel to?

I'm looking for a long term home not just to perpetually travel. But that sounds like an interesting idea for how to find my new home. I was thinking about a road trip across the US and stopping in 10+ cities along the way, but living out of hotels would suck. Doing it that way for a month or two would probably be a lot of fun.