Having a reliable car can be cheap, it just requires skipping more modern convenience features and being willing to work on it yourself.

yea you either need to see people very rarely, see them often by spending a lot of time and money traveling, or see them often by spending multiple days away (which again, how are you paying for this? and what's the point of buying a house far away if you won't be there half the time?)

The comment said about people having to fly in to the nearest airport…