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I moved to a small town in Middle-of-Nowhere, MN last year. It's great. My wife and I bought a small house for $40k. Our house will be paid for in no time, then
by S_Bear 8y ago
I moved to a small town in Middle-of-Nowhere, MN last year. It's great. My wife and I bought a small house for $40k. Our house will be paid for in no time, then it doesn't matter what we do. We do miss some things about living in the city, but having nature so close and neighbors who can keep an eye on things for us is fantastic.
Even though we're making less than we were in a bigger metro (St. Louis) we're saving a lot more and our quality of life is much better.
- HumanDrivenDev 8y agoNice job, remote work? I fantasize about doing similar, but I live in NZ, so even if I branched out to somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Australia I'd probably be looking at at least 100k USD for a decent place. Still, sure beats 300k USD minimum for a place in a city.
- S_Bear 8y agoNo. I'm a librarian that teaches computer skills to the elderly, so I'm actually in pretty high demand in rural areas. My wife works in an office doing invoicing. Childfree, so that helps quite a bit.