Here’s a wild concept that’ll blow your mind: what if you could afford both rent and food in the same month?
Eden, North Carolina is out here proving that affordable living isn’t just a myth your grandparents made up, and at $762 average monthly rent, this tiny city is basically performing an economic miracle.
Tucked away in Rockingham County right along the Virginia state line, Eden is what happens when three mill towns decided to join forces like some kind of municipal Voltron back in 1967.
Leaksville, Spray, and Draper merged together and named their new creation Eden, which was either incredibly optimistic or someone had a really good sense of humor about the whole situation…