Best City To Move To For a Reclusive/Homebody who makes very little money? (living, cost)
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What's a good city for a reclusive/homebody who spends most of their time on the internet playing video games, and only makes minimum wage (roughly $700-$800 per month working online)?
City must be in the top 50-100 in population (don't want to live out in the middle of nowhere).
Things that are NOT important:
* City attractions
* Quality of neighbors
* Art scene, museums, etc.
* Restaurants, nightlife, etc.
* Quality of schools (i'm single).
* Climate
Things that are VERY important:
* Broadband/Fiber optics/High Speed internet
* Cheap apartment for rent, cheap sales tax, cheap and inexpensive as possible.
THE ABOVE 2 ITEMS ARE FAR AND AWAY THE MOST IMPORTANT!!
* Local wal mart to do all shopping, including groceries
* Good public transportation to get to essential places around the city (government offices, doctors, dentist, work, etc.)
DISCLAIMER: I've researched for similar topics in the past, and usually people get "put down" who mention that they don't make a lot of money, or get lectured on their lifestyle by other posters. I'm not looking for any lifestyle advice, i'm only looking for a city to live in that meets the above criteria, and any help from the city experts/enthusiasts here would be sincerely and gratefully appreciated.
By the way, right now I'm in Los Angeles, CA, and I no longer wish to live here. Would love to, but it's too damn expensive, and for somebody who doesn't care to go out much, I'm paying a lot for great climate, location, and city attractions. I think a city more conducive to my reclusive lifestyle would allow me to get more 'bang for the buck' so to speak out of my limited budget.
Well then I guess the console community doesn't matter but perhaps you should consider time zone, especially for WOW when you probably have a guild raid schedule. Do you want to stay on West Coast time zone?
Indianapolis meets all those criteria and has the lowest cost of living of any major US city.
We also have the nations most affordable housing market and a very low tax rate compared to other Major US cities.
Plus where within a days drive to 75% of the US population for easy access
3 hour drive away from Chicago/Lake Michigan for a weekend gettaway.
Indy is also the fastest growing city/metro in the midwest and ranked in the top 20 nationally.
Indianapolis is also famous for hosting large sporting events like the Indy 500/Brickyard 400 and now the Super Bowl. The NCAA Men and Womens Final Four are hosted here every 5 years and the Big Ten Tournament is held in Lucas Oil Stadium and Gen Con the largest Gaming Convention in North America 2nd only to E3. In addition to other massive conventions.
There is plenty of nightlife in Downtown Indy and bars/unique resturants like St Elmo's and Harry and Izzy's and the Indianapolis Colts Grille.
the Indianapolis area also has high speed fiber optics for you
Depending on where you live you can walk or bike to shopping etc especially if you live Downtown or near downtown in Fountain Square or the Near East Side.
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