My social situation has collapsed so I'm basically gonna have to start over from scratch. I'd rather not do it in my truck-nuts anti-pedestrian small city with a ton of negative associations. I can kind of move anywhere but I don't have the energy to go somewhere random and hope for the best.
I'd love to live somewhere where I don't have to own a car. Big enough and with enough stuff to do so I can try to cast a wide net and grow some sort of social group before I die of loneliness. But also where I could afford like a studio apartment on the average entry level wage in the city.
Might be too much to ask with current housing prices.
Any suggestions?
Edit: thank you all! I'll start checking out jobs/apts in the cities mentioned. 
Are there any leftist orgs in Chicago that you'd recommend?
Not offhand, unfortunately. Our PSL branch does solid work but their internal stuff is a mess.
Oh that's too bad lol. Guess I'll check out the dsa since I already pay dues (my last chapter was mostly ML but I know that's not true most places)
Yeah, I don't have much good to say about PSL here. Both another user here and I individually wasted about a year of our time trying to become official members, but nothing came of it