<prompt> Human: Lets assume its not in the ghetto or the middle of nowhere. Just good sized, inland areas like Riverside or Sacramento for one person to give a couple of examples. Searching Redfin.com makes it seem possible, and has made me wonder what the catch might be at times. When I searched that site for the price range and sites like it for Denver, however, few listings came up. I did Google searches for cost of living indexes for many cities, and the numbers for housing especially seem to be way up there.  <response>: Even Riverside, Corona, San Bernardino etc wont have homes that arent premanufactured in that price range. I know you could find condos that are about 600 sqft for about 120k-180k which over a 30 year loan may be a few hundred dollars more a month. Fontana, Colton and Rialto may have something closer to that 120k range but Im not sure if that area will be that great to live in. Going out west to The Valley you could probably find a condo for under 200k but closer to 150k. But those are probably your more realistic price points 