The town I live in is 1500 people and I have no relatives in the area. As long as I was working part time everything was fine. However, now that I am completely retired I find that I am bored a lot of the time. In a community this size there is very little to do outside of my hobbies; the only places people gather in the evening are the bars and I don't drink or like to sit in bars. I have relatives in another town of about 18,000 people 350 miles away and always enjoy trips to visit that area. I would be selling my home and renting an apartment in the other town. I am single with no kids and no debts and am not really interested in maintaining a house any longer. I have run the numbers and it looks like I could actually live cheaper renting a place since I would be rid of property taxes, homeowners ins, flood ins, heat, water, sewer, garbage, etc. I have not rented for about 35 years and am wondering if anyone has a recommendation for the percentage of monthly income one can safely spend on housing.