Cheapest place to live?

RandomTom · 16 Jan 2010 at 18:31

Rich_L said:
Southern California Central Coast is the perfect climate for being skint, it barely rains, doesn't get stupid hot nor does it get stupid cold. It's why there's tons of homeless people in SoCal - couldn't be a better place to be homeless so may as well make your way there

This is just getting depressing now Rich, stop indirectly taunting us that you're moving out West.

Rich_L · 16 Jan 2010 at 18:33

Fuzz · 17 Jan 2010 at 02:49

G-MAN2004 said:
Monaco? Cheap place to live?

I was thinking this too,

The OP clearly hasn't done his research into living in Monaco.. PMSL

Efour · 17 Jan 2010 at 03:07

Have you considered Mercury ? Heating bills are low, but the cost in petrol for the commute to work might get pricey.

Fuzz · 17 Jan 2010 at 03:09

Shuttle bus does 2ft to the gallon IIRC

BigglesPiP · 17 Jan 2010 at 03:41

I hear Dubai is quite cheap, and a large semi-finished tower for sale too.

Bennie-Mac · 17 Jan 2010 at 06:48

Monaco could be a cheap place to live in the long run, it is a tax haven after all. You could save a fortune on tax so wouldnt exactly need to worry about the heating bills.

Hodge · 17 Jan 2010 at 08:57

Stay at home with parents=very cheap

I get around · 17 Jan 2010 at 09:27

Go up north, you can buy houses for about a grand in some of the old miners towns

thepharcyde · 17 Jan 2010 at 09:36

daz said:
In Dharavi, Mumbai rent is $2 a month.

I take it you watched Kevin Cloud?

Not sure I could stomach kids doing a dump in the street.

Disgusting the divide between rich and poor. I will never wheel my suitcase through the airport again without passing a thought for the potential 12 year old having made the handle.

[FnG]magnolia · 17 Jan 2010 at 09:40

Hodge said:
Stay at home with parents=very cheap

And get them to somehow provide him with his own, improved micro climate? Top idea.

RandomTom · 17 Jan 2010 at 12:25

thepharcyde said:
Disgusting the divide between rich and poor. I will never wheel my suitcase through the airport again without passing a thought for the potential 12 year old having made the handle.

At least them being employed is better than the alternative: starving, possibly working on the dump and neglected.

Fusion · 17 Jan 2010 at 12:30

I get around said:
Go up north, you can buy houses for about a grand in some of the old miners towns

Don't kid yourself, it's not that cheap! Middlesbrough is one of the cheapest places in the UK, just looked on Rightmove and you can bag a 3-bed end terrace for £27,500.

Globul · 17 Jan 2010 at 12:37

The cheapest place in the world I know with half decent living is your mum...no I joke, it's Hull

Most other places in the world, you will need either AC or Heating at some point in the seasons

UncleBensSauce · 17 Jan 2010 at 13:02

in the UK I've looked quite a lot - I think Lincolnshire's cheapest for me

Globul · 17 Jan 2010 at 13:03

The north tends to be cheaper in house prices, everyday prices (you would be paying up to a pound more for somethings down here) but I think they don't pay as much wages as you would get down here which probably balances it out

daz · 17 Jan 2010 at 14:42

thepharcyde said:
I take it you watched Kevin Cloud?

Not sure I could stomach kids doing a dump in the street.

Disgusting the divide between rich and poor. I will never wheel my suitcase through the airport again without passing a thought for the potential 12 year old having made the handle.

Going a bit off topic now, perhaps a new thread is necesary, but yeah it was very thoughtful stuff. Something to think about is that is what the vast majority of the UK lived like right up until about 1930 - 10 families sharing a single loo and the like.

FatBoyObese · 17 Jan 2010 at 14:50

Mr. Anderson said:
My dad said there is a spot just a bit north from Mt. Snowdon, which apparently has the lowest rainfall in the UK. I lol'd at the prospect of Wales being an acceptable place to live.

Chiiives said:
What's your reasoning behind this?

Mr. Anderson said:
It's called a joke welshy

I've got more welsh blood coursing through my veins than I'd like to admit but I saw the funny side of the joke....I actually agreed with it

Indy500 · 17 Jan 2010 at 14:53

Globul said:
The north tends to be cheaper in house prices, everyday prices (you would be paying up to a pound more for somethings down here) but I think they don't pay as much wages as you would get down here which probably balances it out

Minimum wage is the same everywhere, but there's a big difference between paying £120k for a flat and £12k. Or half the price for a pint of beer, if that's your thing.

Yas786 · 17 Jan 2010 at 14:53

Voltar said:
I hear pakistan is cheap and hot.

Yeh but with the constant terrorist bombings and the utterly inept govt there....id rather slit my throat then go live there although if you have money then you can quite literally live like a king out there.