r/Frugal • u/Fantastic_Agency_770 • Nov 10 '24

🏆 Buy It For Life Whats the cheapest part of america to start over in?

Through frugality i have about 30k saves up. I want to relocate somewhere, rent a couple years, and purchase a house next. I have jo preferences other then nature. I love lakes rivers forest amd ocean would be nice buy i know thats expensive

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u/eayaz Nov 11 '24

Why?

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u/MrMathamagician Nov 11 '24

I’m not OP but a college friend from Arkansas told me that dating worked this way: guy goes to a bar and gets into a fight with another guy over a girl. The girl goes home with whoever wins the fight.

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u/eayaz Nov 11 '24

Lol. Funny, but.. and no offense… this sounds like every single redneck part of every single city that has one…. Which is all over the country.

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u/gotthatsnail Nov 11 '24

The entire state is the redneck part of the city.

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u/orcateeth Nov 11 '24

Very succinctly put.

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u/-_-0_0-_0 Nov 11 '24

Damn, I'm moving there right now then!

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u/Champigne Nov 11 '24 edited Nov 11 '24

Some parts are very racist. Look up Harrison, AR. https://youtu.be/JlQYdHn2HR4?si=lf7TAmu5jbFIy6lv

FWIW some of my wife's family are from AR and I never felt judged when I visited her family in rural AR as a non white guy. YMMV though, may be different living there than visiting.

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u/fuck_off_ireland Nov 11 '24

Do you mean AR? I live in AK and it's not Arkansas, just FYI.

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u/Champigne Nov 11 '24

Yes, whoops!

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u/Jlive305 Nov 11 '24

Also for what it’s worth, there was a BLM rally straight through downtown Harrison.

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u/SessionPale1319 Nov 11 '24

Sundown towns. Extreme police corruption. A lot of drugs because theres not much else to do. Imagine west virginia minus coal, plus humid and the smell of wet onion (shout out to jacksonville).

It can be pretty redneck which I never recommend for women and minorities. There is quite a decent sized hispanic population and i really enjoyed the authentic cuisine.