[egberts1]

Next challenge is evaluation of your willingness to share a room with 2/3 others in effort to keep rental costs down.

This extra roommate(s) poses and presents an extra challenge of your mental health.

The only other recourse is to rent ... alone ... in deep rural areas in the smallest place you can afford, space-wise. Smallest soace, because you'll need extra money for gas, food, transpos.

So, your mental health dictates your willingness to deal with extra people which in turn primarily dictates your ability to expensive living closer (but with roommates) to your kids in the city versus the cost of a living space alone.