<prompt> Human: Ive been considering downgrading from my current apartment to one that is almost half as cheap, the only problem is that its nowhere near as nice and isnt in the best location. A little backstory, right now my current apartment is extremely nice and rent runs 1055 a month. My monthly income is 2800 after all deductions. My total expenses including rent usually comes out to around 1750-1800, so I usually have a leftover give-or-take 1000. Most of that money has been going to fixing my ongoing car issues and online school tuition. I would really love to get a newer car and not get another used car in place of this one. I just dont want to get stuck really tight in a budget with a monthly car payment and think that downgrading my apartment would help with the budget. Is it worth the downgrade? Considering its smaller, in a worse neighborhood not the worst, but definitely not suburbia, and not too much better location-wise for my job.tldr: Really want a new car and thinking about downgrading to an apartment that is almost 50 cheaper but is not the greatest or in a really good neighborhood.  <response>: Based on my personal experience of both horrible apartments and a piece of crap car which have both been upgraded. Bad apartments can make your life miserable, a bad car is mostly just an inconvenience. You should be able to find a great, reliable car, low mileage car for something in the 10-15k range. 12k, for example, would cost you 225 per month 5 interest over 5 years. You might be able to comprise and find something 25 cheaper and be able to afford to get a more reliable car. 