Im often curious why more people aren't moving too low cost of living areas. I don't know if I've just been fortunate, but I'm a college drop out who honestly hasn't tried very hard in my "career", but I moved out to Cincinnati which has a low cost of living at 23 (8 hours from my family) and I've managed to do very well for myself with a modest paying job (20ish an hour). I have 40k saved up and plan to buy a house this year. I wonder if other people who have went or started on a similar route are doing well for themselves.
And if you are in a high cost of living area, would you ever consider moving somewhere significantly cheaper?
You only move to low cost of living area when you have a high paying remote job and want to live nowhere. I'm specifically choosing to live in a forest.
Otherwise, you're moving to a place where there are no jobs. Or if there are maybe a small number of jobs, you're moving to a place where your next job can be days to months to years away without moving away.