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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by brightball on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @09:08AM (#10930803)
Yea, cost of living is a big deal. I live just outside of Greenville, SC in a little town called Easley. When graduated from college I had an 1100 square foot, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment with a washer and dryer for $500 / month that was 10 minutes from downtown Greenville (beautiful, booming area - http://www.visitgreenvillesc.com/). Also have some of the cleanest water in the country, which I never really appreciated until I started watching the news.

My cousin who lives in LA heard that and told me I couldn't rent somebody's closet in LA for $500 / month. With all of the remote work opportunities, it actually kinda blows my mind that more people don't move down this way and work remote. On sheer cost of living it would be like giving yourself a huge raise.

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by janesvilleseo on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @10:00AM (#10931145)
It is slowly happening. I work remote for a large Corp. Not one based in the valley. Remote work is becoming more and more excepted, but it takes time to implement and change current mindsets.

Over the last 2 years at my company the percentage of remote workers have increased dramatically. They all used to sit in cubes, but now they sit at home on the couch.

I live in a city of about 60k with a median household income of 47k. My cost of living is low too and I tell everyone I love where I live. I couldn't imagine having an income of 100k-150k and not being able to live a nice life and not being able to afford "the American Dream".

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by flubert on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @12:54PM (#10932418)
How about $62/month for the mortgage on this 973 sq. ft. home:

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/103-Baker-St-Cooperstown-N...

...looks pretty nice, with a good sized yard.

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by winter_blue on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @01:54PM (#10932948)
Wow! It's crazy how cheap that house is.

I'm simply at a loss for words...

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by flubert on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @02:22PM (#10933193)
If that mortgage is too much for you, here is a house for one tenth that ($6/month):

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/12169-Findlay-St-Detroit-M...

...1029 sq. ft. for $1700. But if you are looking for real rock bottom prices, it is hard to beat $500:

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14421-Wilfred-St-Detroit-M...

...There are photos of the interior, and it looks like it is in a good neighborhood on Google Street View:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/14421+Wilfred+St,+Detroit,...

Call me impressed. I wonder what the closing costs are on a property like that.

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by FireBeyond on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @08:19PM (#10935395)
I can guarantee you that any house for sale in Detroit with only an external picture is destroyed inside, by arson, foreclosure, vagrants, or any combination of the above, and you're going to be paying $100K+ to make it livable.
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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by brightball on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @01:35PM (#10932779)
Too cold for my tastes, but same idea. :-)
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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by spoonfoe on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @11:21AM (#10931688)
Hey neighbor, just relocated from Houston to Greenville. There wasn't as much disparity between cost of living the west coasters have, but not living in a giant parking has been great for myself and my family.

No regrets. Thanks for sharing your space.

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by LogicX on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @08:32AM (#10937891)
Greetings from Myrtle Beach, SC!

I moved here from Boston three years ago. I love taking advantage of the remote work environment, living in a lower cost area, and I feel Myrtle Beach is a gem, to have such low living cost, and big city amenities, due to all the summer tourists.

I was able to buy a detached single family home, 2400sqft for half the cost of my 1000 sqft Condo in Cambridge, MA - just outside Boston.

I maintain a list of remote job sites at http://LX.tc/positions - so that I can share with those I bump into, about the prospects of working remotely.

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by brightball on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @09:03AM (#10938079)
Very nice. I actually grew up just down the road from you in Florence. If you're in the Myrtle Beach area, trek down to Murrells Inlet sometime. Great seafood with an inlet boardwalk connecting a bunch of the spots to the Crazy Sister marina. The inlet walk they setup down there now has bars with local bands almost every night during the summer.

Been going down to Murrells Inlet/Garden City my whole life.

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