<prompt> Human: Im 19 in community college for a business admin degree and am transferring to finish that up at a cheap state school soon. I want to work in a city, preferably something like IT management or an analyst or something like that. Plenty of jobs like that in Boston and Im already an IT intern at a big company.The thing is I have dreams and I like to think they are realistic but not if I live in this state. I would LOVE to be able to rent or even buy a small house with a garage in my 20s, but thats almost unheard of out here. A lot of my friends rent apartments in the city with roommates and still pay 1000 a month, thats insane. Housing stays expensive even far outside the city. I live in a kind of bad small town and we still have to rent because its too expensive to buy anything. Would I have to move out of this state to be able to buy or rent a house like that? Would that also mean Im going to live in the sticks somewhere because the closer to the main cities more ? I know this is planning FAR in advance but its something I think about a lot.  <response>: Honestly, youre worrying over a problem high house pricesavailability of a place with a garage that you dont have control over. The focus should be on issues you CAN control.Get good grades, make good connections, then find a good job and save up some money. You honestly dont know where that job will take you. Maybe itll take you to the heart of downtown Boston, where you and a couple roommates will share an apartment for what seems like a lot of money, but youll be living the urban life of a young 20-something and wont have the need for a car, let alone a garage. Or maybe some great job will open in Kansas City, where you can find a nice suburban 3bd2ba with a 2 car garage for 150K. You could do find an awesome job that sends you overseas for a few years, and who knows what kind of awesome housing you can find over there?Regardless of where your future takes you, keep working hard, and dont spend all your money on dumb things. Youre still young, so inevitably youll spend SOME money on dumb things. We all were and we all did. But if you want to have that house someday, its absolutely still a possibility. Will it be in the heart of Boston when youre just starting out your career? Honestly, that may be a little unrealistic, unless youre investing heavily in Powerball and rabbits feet. Priorities change over time, and you may not even want that in 4-5 years yet. But if you are smart with your money and make sound decisions, the possibility is still there and youll be in a much stronger position to get a house in the future. 