Cheapest nice rural place to live in the US ?

[WhoIam]

I really liked the Oxford, Mississippi area when I visited. Oxford itself is expensive, but the surrounding towns are dirt cheap. Good food, good blues, and hot college chicks. Everyone was really nice so making friends shouldn't be a problem.

[xx44]

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Forget the US. For 200k you can probably buy Somalia.

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Do you ever question why you have those little blips under your name?

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Maybe b/c I dont take OOT as seriously as you do.

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[spamhead]

Southern Indiana, just north of Louisville, KY.

Big city features, best poker room in the midwest (Caesars), cheap housing (mine is 3650 sq feet house and 2 acres for $195K)

Can't beat it.

[ed8383]

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No consideration for a second or third world country?

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you can buy this in the safest/nicest country in south america (Chile) for less than 30k (and retire a young man)

[SammyKid11]

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Also, I'm not a big fan of Republicans

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Wow, this makes your request a lot tougher.

You want a place with pretty countryside, mountains, lakes, rivers...you want it to be in the south so it will be warm...you want it to be cheap...and you don't like Republicans.....even in more moderate southern states, out in the country where it's less expensive, you're still going to be largely engulfed by a sea of red. Look at a county by county presidential map from 2004. Maybe you'll find some rural county with lots of natural beauty that's sparsely populated, cheap, and warm, but whose residents are actually high-brow intellectual liberals.....but I really doubt it.

[Soul Daddy]

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Southern Indiana, just north of Louisville, KY.

Big city features, best poker room in the midwest (Caesars), cheap housing (mine is 3650 sq feet house and 2 acres for $195K)

Can't beat it.

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Agreed on all counts. Though I'm not sure if rural living is the key to OP or simply keeping price down. I wouldn't consider it truly rural being so close to Louisville. I guess it depends how far north you're talking. Also, the weather there is really weird. Very humid in the summer, completely unpredictable day-to-day all year around.

[Blarg]

The stories I've heard of Louisville make it sound like there's a good deal of kill-whitey sentiment there. True or untrue?

[Soul Daddy]

I've heard that from outsiders as well. I suppose politically, or with regard to law enforcement I can see the argument. It's no Cincinnati. I never particularly noticed it in social terms, but I have never had anything else to compare it to either.

[z28dreams]

I really think areas of colorado are developing nicely, and you can still get some super cheap places.

Just pick any small area north of denver on I-25. Loveland, for example (just outside of Ft. Collins) was dirt cheap - maybe $180k for a 2000+ sq ft house when I was there.

My friend just purchased a 2bed, 2bath condo there for $120k, and it's something like 1500sq ft.

Super close to skiing, 40min from Denver, and TONS of development in the area.

[Vyse]

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Forget the US. For 200k you can probably buy Somalia.

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Do you ever question why you have those little blips under your name?

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Maybe b/c I dont take OOT as seriously as you do.

Former hall monitor?

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For what it's worth, I thought your comment was funny as hell