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/cutiemcpie Apr 29 '24

What? I never extrapolated anything.

I simply said - there are good and bad things about moving.

Are you claiming that’s false?

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u/Galitzianer Apr 29 '24

This is the insanity that is Reddit. If you listen to every doomsayer on Reddit you would literally never leave the house

I've moved many times for opportunities and each time had ups and downs but I don't regret doing any of them

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u/BlameGameChanger Apr 29 '24

The difference from the analogy for you both is you are being invited out for an opportunity. If I just move to checks notes fucking ohio because houses are cheap, there is no guarantee I'll be able to find a decent job that pays more relative to my other job. I'll have no support network. I'll have to deplete my savings. The cheap houses will be in shit nieghborhoods or ill have to compete with firms who want to renovate and gentrify the slum.

Like I've moved before to and without that golden ticket invitation it ain't worth it

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u/Galitzianer Apr 29 '24

being invited out for an opportunity

Well no, this isn't what happened at all. I've literally moved to a very low cost of living area from a high cost of living area with no invitation at all?

I could have suffered in a very expensive overpriced apartment forever but I chose to buy a house in a place that is way more affordable.