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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Remote work is a thing now and small towns = smaller mortgage so you don't need to shop for a job with the same salary as you would in the city...

I'm shopping for a house in a small town at the moment and I'm finding things as low as 200k and I just sold my one bedroom condo (that I could afford alone working part time) in the city for close to the same price...

[-] rab@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago
[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for not reading the rest of what I wrote, small town = lower price, just get a local job for a lower salary and buy a house and you're at the same level as a high paying job living in a rental property in the city

[-] jadero@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

We did that a little over a decade ago. One thing to watch out for is that it could be a one way trip. We're now retired. The lower wages mean that the retirement income is also lower. That would be fine, except that now we're looking at what the future holds for health care and driving. We're fine as long as we can stay here, but anything that forces us back to the city means absolute destitution.

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