Would you rather live in a low cost of living area?

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I generally make my own things to do and I don’t look too hard for ‘culture’. Even so, I like living in Connecticut as long as I can afford it, and I’ve liked low-cost areas, too.

While I appreciate “the big city” along with all of the dining and culture available, as my mother used to say: “Only boring people get bored”. You can always find something to do no matter how meager your surroundings.

I don’t know how to answer this question from a cost of living view point, because I live in a place that has a low COL compared to the rest of my state… but we still have a bunch to do here… we have a mall, movie theaters, great parks on the water, restaurants and night clubs. and we are close to Seattle and Vancouver BC if we want to go for more entrainment.

So saying that… I guess I would like to live in a low COL but not uncultured and not in the middle of no where… I do.

I have always found things to do,no matter where I have lived and dont mind travelling to find them.I do not want to live in a city. ;)

I’ve lived in both and decided I prefer the quiet, low cost area. There is always plenty to do.
The quiet life is as underrated as “culture” is overrated.

I live in a city where there is a lot of “culture.” It’s a pretty big city, for the U.S. Yet the cost of living is very affordable. It probably costs twice as much to own a house in NYC or San Francisco as it does for the same size house here. Our dollars go much further, and we don’t have to sacrifice much. We have fewer 24 hour a day restaurants, and not quite the variety that NYC has, but I actually like that.

I never did anything in NYC because there was too much to choose from. In Philly, it’s easier to choose and easier to get there. In fact, to me this town has a small-town feel with big city amenities. What more could you want? Ok, wild space and mountains and fields and forests are not exactly a city thing.

Someone needs to bump Lucy up. Look at her numbers.

@Jude That’s what he said XD

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The way things are in the UK, it’s the low-cost areas closer to the cities that are cheaper, and yet they’re also closer and with easy reach of all sorts of amenities. The richer the area, (usually) the more isolated it is, with people relying on driving longer distances to get to the entertainment.

I live in a low-cost area, only a 20 minute bus ride from the centre of Manchester where there’s plenty to do. I wouldn’t change it for the world.

Yes. Firstly, well, because it is ai low cost of living area. Secondly, I don’t want to be in a large city. Thirdly, my profession at a low cost is needed in smaller cities/towns.

In my area, it’s pretty much just the opposite. All the Universities, Art Museums and Galleries, the Main Public Library, Convention Center and Play Theaters are in the lowest cost of living areas of town. It’s kind of scary just to go to a play or concert.

Out here in the burbs, it’s much more expensive, but there is very little culture of any kind.

I’d rather live closest to the things I think are of cultural interest, sometimes it’s been less expensive and other times more. For sure, being away from the things I find most stimulating is dreary, I don’t care what the rent/mortgage is.

I’ve lived in both an prefer the low cost areas. Not only is there less financial stress, but people tend to be more attentative/respectful to each other.

Most of the low COL areas I’ve been in were largely populated with the type of folks that I don’t generally get along with. It may just be a coincidence that they tend to be full of overtly religious people, outspoken Conservatives, and people who aren’t well-educated.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that they are havens for stupid theocratic Republicans. It’s just that they are far enough away from the types of people I am comfortable around that I would have a hard time feeling “at home” in such an area. I happen to be from a place where people have above-average educations, are Liberal enough to have elected a Socialist to the US Congress, and generally are either quiet about their religion or don’t have one, and I am not up for that sort of culture shock.