Comments on: Cheapest Places To Live In America

By: Forest

Forest — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:05:05 +0000

Hey Wendy, thanks very much for the information. I have some friends from Arizona and they happen to live anywhere but Arizona!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:02:00 +0000

Stumbled upon this page and also lived in Coolidge, AZ for 5 years, Casa Grande for one. I’ve lived all over the states..grew up in Buffalo, NY..I’m 53. Unless you are clean and sober and can resist temptations to party, stay away from Buffalo. The people are extremely friendly there, it’s fairly cheap for rent and food, but the city itself has gone to the dogs. The outskirts are nice though, but then you have the property taxes that eat you alive! My sister in law just sold her home there for $79,000, but the taxes are $4,000 a year, and that’s a small, 1,000 sq. ft. home. There, the heating bills are unreal and because the homes are so old, you really do pay over $300 a month to heat your place. So off to AZ! He’s right about the communities though..you can be in a brand new subdivision and have the ghetto literally a few streets away. Crime is rampant and the older towns are very clicky. He’s also right that you don’t and can’t go outside for literally 8 months out of the year. You can burn your hands on a surface of just about anything if you’re not careful! Fry an egg on the sidewalk? No problem..! And yes, snowbirds are what they call transplants that come down from other states in the winter months to live and then they leave to go home again in the summers. I found AZ to be VERY transient. And with that, comes the problem of not getting to know anyone in addition to the fact that you rarely even SEE anyone outdoors for all those months it’s really hard, at least it was for me, to meet new people if you relocate. I just have to say it again. It is BLAZING hot there. Seriously. You better love, love, love the heat…or never mind the Phoenix area!!

By: Forest

Forest — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:50:30 +0000

Yeah, sadly some places have nothing for people!

By: Macinac Harper

Macinac Harper — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:05:40 +0000

I used to wonder why some places on the map had no roads. Turns out that nobody lives there, and the usual reason is lack of employment. Where there is a chance to make a wage, no matter how dismal the environment, people will flock in.

By: Forest

Forest — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:31:32 +0000

Thanks Daniel. Thanks for the great info too. Have you had any luck finding a good place?

By: daniel perry

daniel perry — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:15:21 +0000

SORRY I FORGOT TO SAY I NOW LIVE IN MIDDLETOWN OHIO,DANIEL PERRY

By: daniel perry

daniel perry — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:11:31 +0000

hi,this is daniel perry. i lived in a little town called white pine,tn.the guy is right you don’t pay personal tax’es,they do not tax food as well.i bought a 2 bed room 1bath moblie home for $1,500.00,and lote rent was just $125.00 a month.i was on a fixed income of $674.00 a month.after paying all my bills i still had about$300.00 left,but in some counties they have a thing they call wheel tax which me ans that if you live in such a county you will pay more for auto tags.my son talked me into moveing back here.and on $674.00 a month i really don’t have hardly any money left,but like i said earlier that the lady who has $870.00 a month could live here pretty well.i lived in tenessee for 7 years.white pine is about 35miles from gatlinburg,tn.the malls are only about 2 miles away.gas and food was fairly cheap.i’m 58 yrs.old and want to find a cheap place out west to live while i’m still able.ps i really like like this site i find it very helpful, thank you.

By: daniel perry

daniel perry — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:21:29 +0000

hi,i’m new. i live in middletown,ohio.i would like to say that i do believe you could live here on $870.per month.i have two storie home ,it has 3 br’s i bath and ful basement,and about 1/4 ac. of land food is fairly cheap,gas is as of 11-22-11 at 2.96 a gallon. my gas and elect. was 105.00last month. and i live alone,no pets,but i live on $670. a month,i pay 425.00 for rent and they pay the water and trash,but you can find cheaper homes.and if you perfer a apartment they can be from 300. to 400. to 600. for pretty nice ones.my self i would like to move out west,if i can find a place to that i can live on 674.00 a month total.

By: Forest

Forest — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:26:43 +0000

I just thought I would let everyone know that this post has been updated (11th November 2011) so please let me know what you think of the updates, Thanks a million .

By: Forest

Forest — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:49:14 +0000

I have never been sadly, there are some comments with some opinions from readers.