No, not nice. You will hard pressed to find ghetto slum that cheap.
Prince George's County, Maryland (although there is a high crime rate) is The Most Affordable Suburbs of Washington, D.C. Your Going to Have to Look Soley in Maryland Because in That Area, MD Has The Most Affordable Places in The Suburbs of D.C. Virginia is a Little Too Pricey Even if The Job Pays Well.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.