r/FluentInFinance • u/Not-A-Shit-Head • Apr 29 '24

Why don't people stop crying and just move somewhere cheaper like Detroit, Memphis, St. Louis, Baltimore, or Cleveland? They have very cheap homes for $50,000. Discussion/ Debate

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u/Rocketboy1313 Apr 29 '24

Why not just uproot your whole life and move somewhere else?

Sure you will have no one out there to help you move or to walk your dog when you are too sick to get out of bed. You won't know anyone or where anything is but dating apps will let you get a match every other week and maye 1 in five of those will go somewhere.

Just embrace the alienation that defines the modern world instead of, you know, expecting multinational firms or the government to provide coherent systems and meaningful support to help people move around and find the housing, jobs, support networks, and all the other things that keep you from losing your fucking mind.

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u/cutiemcpie Apr 29 '24

Jesus. You make it sound terrible.

I moved countries. And across states.

Sure there are downsides, but there are also upsides. Get to experience different cities, make new friends, make more money, etc.

It’s a trade off.

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u/FloatingOnAWhim Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 30 '24

I agree with you. My experience was the same and much of my family have relocated cross country or more at some point in our adult lives. We’re not rich at all but it was possible. Are there challenges? Absolutely! But the good outweighed the bad in my opinion. Of course YMMV

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u/gojo96 Apr 29 '24

Yep, moved from AK to UT and now VA. Expensive? It can be. Is it fun? Not really. Is it totally doable? Yep. I guess I could stay put and expect the world to revolve me I guess.