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What about the Charlotte area? Plenty of shopping and the city has been working on its public transportation. Light Rail and fairly good bus system Your a good distance from the ocean, but within range of visiting it from time to time.
How about Indianapolis? Indy has been ranked as the nations most affordable housing market for many years in addition to the lowest cost of living of any big city. The home i bought last year for our family of 5 was only 140,000 for a 3200 square foot 4 bedroom 3 bath. My property taxes are less than 1300 a year and our school district is wonderful. My wife's commute to downtown is less than 25 minutes even with rush hour traffic. Utility, Gas, and insurance rates are very low its a steal compared to the rest of the country.
Last summer we took a couple weekend get away's to Lake Michigan up by Chicago or to a friends house at Eagle Creek Park.
Lastly Grocery shopping isn't an issue here as there's more grocery stores to choose from than we could ever need.
LOL, I can't take the cold here let alone Indiana! Glad it's worked out for you 2 though.
Take in a housemate or boarder if you must or maybe a part time job
or change jobs or engage in something else that will make up the difference.
Find a way.
Take in a housemate or boarder if you must or maybe a part time job
or change jobs or engage in something else that will make up the difference.
Find a way.
I also stated - I am on SSDI - I can't work. I do like many things about the area but upkeep on a house is too much (house isn't really conducive to a roommate and I can't imagine it anyway unless it's a flight attendant who is here a few days a month but pays half the mortgage! LOL) (and shovels the snow
Depends what you mean by Northeast. If you're comparing to Buffalo, sure. If you're comparing to Philly, I'd be shocked if Indy didn't get way more snow.
I also stated - I am on SSDI - I can't work.
I do like many things about the area but...
I'm going to stick with what I said before, that your list of "other things"
sounds like the INNER suburbs of any eastern city to me. Maybe a bit closer in to town.
If the SSDI is your only source of income and your assets are modest then you should qualify
for one of the HUD housing programs or complexes... but the one you CAN get into might
have to take precedence over your "other things" preferences.
Thank you for the help - if you know Alexandria, you know what the low income housing around here is like (too scary for me). Maybe didn't explain it well (this is still all so new to me, didn't expect to be widowed suddenly w/a mortgage) - an affordable, SAFE area - maybe a condo (but they scare me, I lived in apts. when single and although all were nice places, there is the issue of noise, etc. sometimes) and condos are just owned apts. w/ongoing fees every month - townhouse... under $100,000 if possible, LOL - I don't want to be in a senior citizen area exclusively as I'm not a senior citizen.
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Originally Posted by MrRational
I'm going to stick with what I said before, that your list of "other things"
sounds like the INNER suburbs of any eastern city to me. Maybe a bit closer in to town.
If the SSDI is your only source of income and your assets are modest then you should qualify
for one of the HUD housing programs or complexes... but the one you CAN get into might
have to take precedence over your "other things" preferences.
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