[Fishrrman]

Unless you just started working, or didn’t save, you can get a suitable home within your cash range

Not in southern Connecticut, unless you're willing to live in the worst part of the urban ghettos....

- John

[ctdonath2]

Not in southern Connecticut

Then don't live there.

Suburban Georgia is surprisingly affordable. Other areas will do nicely too.

Actually, if you search the web a bit, you can find towns that will GIVE you land so long as you build a modest house and live there a few years. That plus a "Glassic Soho" for $65K will give anyone a nice starting point. May not be as exciting as southern Connecticut, but "supply and demand" rules.

Be honest & humble about what you need & want, look carefully, and you can live pretty well on not very much - and everything you earn thereafter isn't already claimed by someone else.