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Comment by imvk on Yet More "Stupid" Questions · 2013-09-27T15:43:16.555Z · LW · GW

On further thought, since I'm in a low-density area, rather than looking for a place first it might be better to first improve my local mobility by getting a bicycle. Then I could see what possibilities it opens up, and either look for housing next or upgrade to a moped, motorcycle or car. I still don't really know where to start, though.

Edit: I tried looking for relevant ebooks on Amazon. I've found three, and from the reviews, none of them have what I'm looking for; not The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cycling (1999), Bicycling Magazine's New Cyclist Handbook (2005) or The Big Book of Bicycling (2010).

Edit 2: Every Woman's Guide to Cycling seems to have decent reviews; maybe I'll try it.

Comment by imvk on Yet More "Stupid" Questions · 2013-09-24T17:27:37.847Z · LW · GW

Thanks. So there are no common bad or commonly regretted decisions, ways people commonly get exploited, factors people commonly neglect or anything of that sort? (Also, do I really have that many degrees of freedom at ~$1000 a month?)

If so, that's good to know, but I'm still not sure how to actually do it. Is there a centralized list of housing providers, possibly one that can be automatically ranked by relevant criteria? Amazon pretends to do that with computers, but (last I checked) many if not most models don't have the relevant fields entered and so don't show up.

Comment by imvk on Yet More "Stupid" Questions · 2013-09-24T16:48:20.265Z · LW · GW

So there's no quantitative approach? If you've done it, could you elaborate on how you did it?

Comment by imvk on Yet More "Stupid" Questions · 2013-09-24T05:58:56.565Z · LW · GW

About $1000 a month. Not sure what you mean by abilities.

Comment by imvk on Yet More "Stupid" Questions · 2013-09-24T05:25:38.797Z · LW · GW

Given a low (I think) fixed income and no particular local commitments (apart from citizenship in the USA) (edit: and being currently located), how do I identify a good place to live?