Your original post 'there’s a reason those places are cheap...no one wants to live there' is moronic ... unfortunate you are approaching jr. geezer status and still an idiot.
Actually, I’ve only posted once on this thread. May be getting old, but I can still count. You might want to reconsider our relative IQs.
However, the comment you incorrectly assigned to me isn’t far wrong. The reason housing. etc are cheaper in some places than others is supply and demand. A few of the places (Dallas) can be cheaper to live in because there is land around to expand into. But St Louis, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Houston and some of the others are there because of crime, cold, or traffic jams making them undesirable for most folks looking to relocate.
I live near Tucson. I MAY retire in north Utah or Idaho. It would be cheaper to live there, but I don’t know if I want to live 4-6 months in snow. A lot of others feel the same way, which is why housing costs more in Tucson than in Logan.
Of course, I shouldn’t argue with a smart person like yourself. You might misquote me again.
Evidently, you don’t object to living in any of those places. Some of us prefer living in smaller cities or towns. That does not mean we are idiots. I think it means we are smarter than the average bear.
Hey can I get in on the name-calling too?
I wouldn’t live in any of those sh!tholes either!