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You want less snow than Seattle??
Nowhere can you buy an affordable house, unless you move out to middle of nowhere. I've heard they're still affordable in Appalachia
I live in appalachia, come on in! Cheap real estate and beautiful scenery. Seen houses in my small town for 40,000$. Jobs that pay well can be hard to find, but if you don't mind traveling, or can work from home I'd recommend it.
Fuck off! We don't want more people here! And the affordable houses have been abandoned for a decade and are just foundations without any copper wiring or pipes.
"here" as if I didn't name a third of the nation with "Appalachia"
Upstate New York or maybe Michigan. Just not Buffalo. That is some snow hell at times. As for driving in snow in general? It really isn't that bad and I moved up here from the South. Just buy good quality tires, or if you are really paranoid, snow tires. I have always regretted my life decisions when I got shitty whatever the crooked mechanics had on sale tires. I have never needed chains in the areas I live in. You cannot be any worse than every other idiot in snow. Promise. You will be fine.
People in Washington strongly dislike Californians
Haha, oh well. I'm staying anyway, to admire your beautiful scenery, pay people properly for good work and to enjoy a good coffee occasionally.
A lot of people are staying anyway hence the housing market lol
Yeah it's kinda bad. I'm saving up for a year or two to add to the down payment, the mortgage rates kinda suck.
Regarding that last sentence, teenage me would just gawk at the rEsPoNsIbLe adult I've become 😂
We actually bitch about everyone, just not to their face.
I don't know, Seattle and Tacoma will openly bitch about each other to their faces.
I've seen bumper stickers that literally say California go home when I visit Port Angeles
Auchtermuchty is quite nice still
Consider SW Michigan. 2h drive/train to Chicago, proximity to large bodies of water for summer enjoyment, and if you live in a reasonably-sized town they're probably good at clearing roads when it snows.
Besides, our winters get milder each year. There's a couple of big snow/ice events, but the trick is to not be on the road while the heavy stuff is coming down. Wait a few hours for it to ease up and for the snow plows to do their thing.
Shhhhhhh.
Arizona. I plan on evacuating California too and Arizona is the most decent close place I have looked into. Vegas has already become too expensive unfortunately.
The thing that everyone complains and deters it for is the heat. We have had heat in California thats in the upper 90s before and I survived so I will take my chances. Good luck escaping California.
I did this. I'm currently in Phoenix. Yes, it gets hot, but it's really not a deterrent. There's certainly still affordable housing here too, especially if you're okay with manufactured housing.
So many comments suggesting American cities... I would rather suggest humbling yourself to the point where you can beg for EU citizenship. There's no point in the US anymore.
Do you know how hard it is to actually get citizenship outside of usa? If you don't work in a field that a country wants the website essentially says lol no (Ireland/Canada). They'd also quarantine the shit out of pets and traumatizing fluffy isn't really top of the list.
I got German citizenship. Took starting over and doing a degree in the country for it to be possible. I also brought fluffy and we did a rabies antibody test and some other things so they didn't need quarantine.
Edit: This is why I said you need to humble yourself. Maybe that was a poor choice of wording, but the US is a sinking ship and I'd sell all my belongings again if things start looking that dire here too.
LMAO
But look a little closer: OP hasn't mentioned outside of Usa. He hasn't even mentioned that he's inside. That means, it is much better for the world and for him if he stays there.