My social situation has collapsed so I’m basically gonna have to start over from scratch. I’d rather not do it in my truck-nuts anti-pedestrian small city with a ton of negative associations. I can kind of move anywhere but I don’t have the energy to go somewhere random and hope for the best.
I’d love to live somewhere where I don’t have to own a car. Big enough and with enough stuff to do so I can try to cast a wide net and grow some sort of social group before I die of loneliness. But also where I could afford like a studio apartment on the average entry level wage in the city.
Might be too much to ask with current housing prices.
Any suggestions?
Edit: thank you all! I’ll start checking out jobs/apts in the cities mentioned.
Chicago: decent public transit. Not cheap by midwest standards but not ny/california expensive either
Minneapolis/St Paul: Mid transit, very good for biking, cheaper than chicago
Pittsburgh also probably should be on your list to look into
this guy is kind of annoying but he digs into the data: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ppGPCavru9s
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: