Here’s a math problem that’ll blow your mind: what if your entire monthly budget for rent, utilities, and groceries came to less than what some people pay just for a one-bedroom apartment in a trendy neighborhood?
Conway, South Carolina, is where this financial fairy tale becomes reality, sitting just a short drive inland from Myrtle Beach like the sensible sibling who didn’t blow all their money on beachfront property.
This town of approximately 25,000 residents has somehow managed to maintain affordability in an era when housing costs have gone completely bonkers across most of America.
While people in major metropolitan areas are performing financial acrobatics just to keep a roof over their heads, Conway residents are living comfortably on budgets that sound like they’re from an alternate universe…