Pay at a small town daily

I'm in New England. I currently pay about $600 a month (heat included, no other utilities) for a one-bedroom. Apparently, it is dirt cheap to live other places?

 

Yes.

 

Yeah? Where at?

 

Measured by land area and not population, most of America.

 

But what if I had a boatload of credit card debt? And college loans? And a sizeable hooker budget that cannot be messed with?

 

Then you'll have to do something for a living that makes more money.

 

OK, say I drop the hookers. I know, I know....it's a big move, but let's say I do that. But I still have all the credit card and college debt. What then? How do I make ends meet?

 

Then you'll have to make more money or do without some stuff.

If you choose to make more money, you can get a second job or you can go into a different field.

If you choose to do without some stuff, you'll probably have to choose between dumping the credit card debt (probably better to just default than bother with bankruptcy) and going without a car.

 

That sounds awesome! Thanks!

 

Never said it was awesome. It sucks.

 

In the early 2000's, when I took my first job out of college in Lumberton, N.C., I moved into the nicest available apartment in town. It was a spacious two-bedroom place with hardwood floors, decent appliances. All-in-all, it was a pretty nice apartment for a young, single guy. $385 a month. I could have downgraded and lived in a crappy one-bedroom for less than $300. That town is a shithole and I got out fast, but I've never been in a place where the paycheck went further.

 

That's cheap where I live. $600 would either get you a bedroom in a house with roommates or a 'studio' which is basically the basement of some rich person's mega house.