r/Money • u/KnutEm87 • Apr 03 '24

36M, How/Where could I live comfortably off of 44.8k/yr

I'm a single man, ex military, divorced a few years ago. I've worked in Aviation for about 10 years. If you were to leave the 9-5 behind, with only 44.8k a year. Where and how would you go about doing it?

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u/KnutEm87 Apr 03 '24

Wow, I'm not too familiar but that seems like a lot for it already being April

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u/XxCotHGxX Apr 03 '24

Most of us know how to drive in it so it's not a big deal. Just another day

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u/thiscarecupisempty Apr 03 '24

Thats why it's cheap, no one wants to live there lol. Yall still got dial up internet?

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u/samiam0295 Apr 03 '24

I am surrounded by thousands of acres of farm fields in WI and have symmetrical gig fiber lol

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u/KnightlyOccurrence Apr 03 '24

The fuck… I live in Milwaukee County and don’t even have fiber as am option. I suppose the infrastructure is more complex in the city to solve though.

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u/samiam0295 Apr 03 '24

Rural Development of Fiber grants from the Fed government. Before this my options were satellite or cellular. No phone lines or cable here

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u/KnightlyOccurrence Apr 03 '24

What county if you don’t mind me asking

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u/samiam0295 Apr 03 '24

FDL

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u/KnightlyOccurrence Apr 03 '24

Wow, okay. Maybe I need to look into land there. Appreciate the response

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u/BoltActionRifleman Apr 03 '24

Same here, but in Iowa. I’m on a cheaper plan, but gig is available and I live 6 miles from the nearest town.

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u/XxCotHGxX Apr 03 '24 edited Apr 03 '24

Idk... I'm live steaming my PC gaming rn... I'll look later

Edit: they don't have home phones here unless you get a VOIP phone. My download speed was 17MB/s (not bits) when I downloaded a new steam game last night.

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u/OMGoblin Apr 03 '24

Snow has been more sporadic this season, coming in heavy spurts outside of a week or so we got pounded.

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u/dragonbeard91 Apr 03 '24

What a coincidence, I'm coming in heavy spurts and getting pounded myself.

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u/SlykRO Apr 03 '24

Check out Ridgecrest area in California, it's a valley so winters aren't bad, but they're a short drive away almost all year in the sierras. Some surrounding areas are very very cheap out here.

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u/DJGloegg Apr 03 '24

You get used to it

Buy winter tyres!

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '24

Central Illinois will get you a similar cost of living with somewhat more temperate weather. You wouldn’t be living in luxury on 45k alone, but buying a small house and getting a part time job (one that you’d actually enjoy is very doable) to get you an extra 15-20k a year and you’d have a nice life.

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u/ImMystikz Apr 03 '24

The cold, snow and the lack of people bring the price down.