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I have really ambiguous reactions to this article and others I have read like this one. Total empathy on my part over the challenges of starting a new life in a new country. I am just perplexed that so many are trying to find housing in Southern Cali, NYC and Washington D.C. Many educated US citizens can’t afford to live in those places either. It seems that grocery stores and mosques can be established any place. Why not TN, OK, TX, AR, LA, MS, MO ??? I would think there are many more affordable places…….
Who spends $200 taking an Uber to look at a home 90 minutes away?
These are extended families trying to live together so it makes it challenging to find someone willing to rent a home to 11 to 13 people living under one roof.
I have really ambiguous reactions to this article and others I have read like this one. Total empathy on my part over the challenges of starting a new life in a new country. I am just perplexed that so many are trying to find housing in Southern Cali, NYC and Washington D.C. Many educated US citizens can’t afford to live in those places either. It seems that grocery stores and mosques can be established any place. Why not TN, OK, TX, AR, LA, MS, MO ??? I would think there are many more affordable places…….
Actually, OKC and Tulsa have taken around 1800. They are being put up in nice hotels, bussed over to a special school to learn English and social skills, fed, clothed, and provided free daycare while the parents learn how to function here.
Their rents will be free or heavily subsidized by the government. They have the "refugee" status.
They prefer to live in nicer areas as daycare, colleges, healthcare will be free for them. They don't want to send their children to bad schools.
Those aren’t necessarily state by state issues.
Any of the cheaper states mentioned have fantastic options and are affordable. They just have very poor rural areas that drag the stats down. Many of the cities and towns are just fine. I’ve lived in 4 of the states mentioned by the OP and would take most any of them over high-priced coastal areas even if money were no object.
Certainly a quantum leap over Afghanistan.
Those aren’t necessarily state by state issues.
Any of the cheaper states mentioned have fantastic options and are affordable. They just have very poor rural areas that drag the stats down. Many of the cities and towns are just fine. I’ve lived in 4 of the states mentioned by the OP and would take most any of them over high-priced coastal areas even if money were no object.
Certainly a quantum leap over Afghanistan.
Those poor rural areas usually have the mentality "Local Americans with excellent English are preferred".
If rents are free, it makes sense to live in unaffordable areas as menial jobs are plenty.
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