I'm not really all that picky. The cheaper the apartment, the less paying a job I can settle for. (Which is a weird thing to say, but I only need the job so I can afford to live on my own long enough to write my book.) I guess I just need an area with low rent and a decent number of jobs available. $500 seems to be about standard (here in NJ it's 900...) though I'd like something closer to $400.

I know I talk about martial arts at lot, but I actually can live without classes. I just train on my own. I like the outdoors and prefer suburbs, but can live anywhere so long as I'm within driving distance of a supermarket and movie theatre. Think I should look around your area?