Yes. There are people who live off much less in every city in the world. Is real estate more expensive than the middle of nowhere?
Yes. Can you rent a room in a house for 400-600 a month? Yes, like every other city in the world.
Food is the same price if you go to a grocery store. Transportation is cheaper due to good public transit. I think it is much easier to live in a large city like LA if you aren't making much money.
Only ignorant hillbillies think that only rich people live in LA or NY.
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.