My social situation has collapsed so I’m basically gonna have to start over from scratch. I’d rather not do it in my truck-nuts anti-pedestrian small city with a ton of negative associations. I can kind of move anywhere but I don’t have the energy to go somewhere random and hope for the best.
I’d love to live somewhere where I don’t have to own a car. Big enough and with enough stuff to do so I can try to cast a wide net and grow some sort of social group before I die of loneliness. But also where I could afford like a studio apartment on the average entry level wage in the city.
Might be too much to ask with current housing prices.
Any suggestions?
Edit: thank you all! I’ll start checking out jobs/apts in the cities mentioned. 
I’m curious about which U.S. cities have decent or good public transport. So far, I only know about New York and Seattle. Not trying to take over the conversation, just genuinely interested.
For sure, I’d be fine with either walkable/bikeable or decent public transport.
You know, one reason why I’ve never seriously considered living in the USA (aside from other issues like healthcare) is how car-focused a lot of cities seem to be. There are plenty of countries with solid public transportation, but the US just seems to suck in that department. Im sure other Hexbears have more valuable input on that front.
Obviously, I’d never even think about the USA if I wasn’t well-off.
yeah, you are either very poor or looked at as crazy if you dont have a personal automobile in the majority of american cities. and even the poor might be catching a ride with other people, the transit is that bad/nonexistent
You can own and drive a car for as little as ~$400 a month if your insurance is cheap, you don’t drive too much, and you don’t have collisions or expensive repairs. I usually buy shitboxes that cost less than $2k and hope to get a year of driving out of them before they die.
Which even at it’s cheapest, driving is a wild cost compared to like a subway pass or whatever shit y’all public-transit-havers use.
Cleveland has 1 train line. Better than nothing.
Moving out there in a few months. RTA isn’t bad, and rent is still ok compared to other cities around.