• yeather@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    People want to live next to people, and in specific areas. You can buy a nice house in bumfuck nowhere for cheap, or you can get an apartment in Austin for much more.

    • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
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      7 months ago

      As a transplant Bumfuckian for well over a decade now, no you can’t. It’s only cheap if you’re bringing your income or savings account from a non-bumfuck region.