re: Is there anywhere decent to move with relatively low housing prices?

what about Reno/Sparks? Or maybe Carson City? Those would be more affordable than California but offer close proximity to mountains, lakes, desert etc.

Edit: Clearlake California might fit those requirements as well? Not a big city but close to some.

No BS.. Reno seems like it would be a nice place to live. I don't know the cost of living there, obviously its lower than anywhere in California..

I just googled. Its 22 miles from Lake Tahoe. Annual rainfall is 7.5". The most precipitation within 24 hrs happened in 1955 was 2.3 inches. Most of the rain happens in winter and spring and has an average of 300 days of sunshine a year.

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The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 35.3 °F (1.8 °C) in December to 74.9 °F (23.8 °C) in July, with the diurnal temperature variation reaching 40 °F (22 °C) in summer, still lower than much of the high desert to the east. There are 3.9 days of 100 °F (38 °C)+ highs, 58 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs, and 2.5 nights with sub-10 °F (-12 °C) lows annually;[31] the temperature does not rise above freezing on only 5.1 days.[32] The all-time record high temperature is 108 °F (42 °C), which occurred on July 10 and 11, 2002, and again on July 5, 2007. The all-time record low temperature is -17 °F (-27 °C), which occurred on January 21, 1916.[32] In addition, the region is windy throughout the year; observers such as Mark Twain have commented about the "Washoe Zephyr", northwestern Nevada's distinctive wind.

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That's from wiki. 79 degrees in July would be nice. And dry cold is a lot easier to deal with than this humid cold.

Here is the population info.
Census

East Tennessee.
Small brick ranchers with land, stay away from the McMansions where the monied newbies live, but go to areas where neighbors count. Join a church. Hike, bike, kayak. Make your achilles tendon work for a living again.

And seasons are something we have.

Housing market is starting to plateau

You may see a buyers market sometime next year

We had to be aggressive to snag it, but still very cheap to buy in Travelers Rest, SC. Moved the southern base from Atl to there. 10 mile bike ride on swamp rabbit to heart of downtown Greenville. 30 mins to real mountains.

No place I've seen. Prices aren't going up as much but they are still going up. A buyers market would take a major financial collapse. But I'm looking at big cities, maybe somewhere things will turn in favor of buyers.

Anything scenic, with activities, is going to be obscenely expensive. With work from home, remote jobs, and the internet. Places that were out of touch are now top dollar real-estate hot beds. 250 does not get you much of anything anywhere.