Great place to retire...
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3/13/2010
Hi,
I moved here to Roseburg, because my SS check was not enough to cover my basic bills on the east coast.
Reasonably clean places to live can be had for $350 + depending on your needs. A house can be rented for $600-750. To buy a home can be as low as $5,000 for a MH in a park. A stick built house, on land, can be had as low as $70,000.
A new and intersting lifestyle, RV living, is also reasonable. $300/mo for a nice site, you pay for electric. There are a growing number of these around.
Food is cheap and plentiful. Due to the warm climate, you can buy fruit and veggies at the farm stand all year round.
There are tons of second hand shops. They have most anything you need to furnish or clothe on a dime.
Although the figures show the jobless rate to be high. There is a significant amount of homeless in the area. Due to the relatively mild climate, and the veterens hospital in town. Homeless vets can get healthcare etc. The homeless snowbird too.
I will say that, since I don't work, I can only go by what I hear.
Most jobs in the area hover near minimum wage. Lumber mill, Hospital... Are about the best you can do.
Even a Chemical Engineer I know is fielding calls for Nintendo.
Lack of Primary Care Physicians.
But Eugene is 45-50 min away.
I can live on what I get from SS, with the food stamps I receive.
Laurel | Roseburg, OR