Rent: $600 a month

Utilities: $100 a month

Food: imagine a town of 4,000 surrounded by high desert with the next sizable town being 80 miles away.

2 grocery stores with lame and over-priced produce and meats, 3 lousy pizza places, several over-priced restaurants selling, at best, mediocre food, and the worst McDonald's on the planet


Transportation: only car, gas stations have prices jacked up specifically for the traveling tourists. There are 2 good auto shops which charge reasonably.