NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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In an uncharacteristic departure from my usual stance, viz.: "home ownership implies a 30-year commitment to one place which is boring also it is expensive, why would you do that":

THERE ARE HOUSES FOR SALE IN BLOOMINGTON
THAT ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN WHAT I COULD REASONABLY AFFORD ON MY SALARY
ONE OF THEM IS CLOSE ENOUGH PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVED

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[forgottensanity]

Getting a house is made of complete WIN!

Okay, I might be a little biased.

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I have never in my life wanted a house, because that means, like, domesticity and staying in one place, and I am very much not about that. I'm only still in Evansville because I don't have a choice.

But if it were a cheap house and I could pay it off relatively quickly, I could make that work. Also: I can make anything work in Bloomington. :D

[forgottensanity]

I've always sort of thought of Americans as a nomadic people. To me, they seem to move around a lot. In Denmark, when you want to rent a flat, you have to put up a substantial amount of money usually consisting of at least three months rent (the deposit) and the first month's rent in advance. You might as well wave goodbye to the deposit. They allegedly use it to renovate the flat after you leave, but I think they also polish the insides of their wallets.

I don't trust that kind of people. >.>

Anyway. The deposit isn't cheap and neither are the monthly rents. A lot of times it is actually cheaper to buy than it is to rent.

I am now getting to the point of this story. How cheap or expensive is it to rent in the US?

I've wondered if it is cheaper to drop a flat and find a new one, since a lot of the Americans I have been in correspondence with seem to move around so much.

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Well, I have moved a lot, but I can assure you there are many Americans who are less nomadic than I am. On average, we moved about every couple of years when I was growing up; before I came back to Indiana when I was 17, I had never lived anywhere for longer than 4 years. I've met people who have lived here all their lives, though, so

[shake_the_stars]

YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE, SHOUTY COPPERS!

*hides behind makeshift barricade of property information sheets and mortgage applications*