My wife has floated the idea of moving somewhere ultracheap for a year to save up money while I work remote. Aside from ant and power issues, how was your experience otherwise?
We probably wouldn't move to Puerto Rico, but likely somewhere cheap on the mainland - maybe Texas, or somewhere in the midwest.
I just replied up in the thread, but overall the experience has been great. It was just too much of a culture shock for my wife and kids.
If you're looking for an inexpensive place on the mainland, I would suggest looking at small towns (under 10k people) adjacent to agricultural areas. Areas near or in the Appalachian Mountains would likely be beautiful and inexpensive, albeit a bit neglected culturally.
PR was hard to get set up because we couldn't move our possessions and had to start from scratch here. It also was difficult because there isn't a culture of "charity shops" that I was used to. Without a salvation army or goodwill or even garage sales, we had to buy everything new or travel for hours to find a store that sold used appliances.
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My wife has floated the idea of moving somewhere ultracheap for a year to save up money while I work remote. Aside from ant and power issues, how was your experience otherwise?
We probably wouldn't move to Puerto Rico, but likely somewhere cheap on the mainland - maybe Texas, or somewhere in the midwest.
I just replied up in the thread, but overall the experience has been great. It was just too much of a culture shock for my wife and kids.
If you're looking for an inexpensive place on the mainland, I would suggest looking at small towns (under 10k people) adjacent to agricultural areas. Areas near or in the Appalachian Mountains would likely be beautiful and inexpensive, albeit a bit neglected culturally.
PR was hard to get set up because we couldn't move our possessions and had to start from scratch here. It also was difficult because there isn't a culture of "charity shops" that I was used to. Without a salvation army or goodwill or even garage sales, we had to buy everything new or travel for hours to find a store that sold used appliances.