You could do yourself a huge favour by relocating in-country.
Property costs plummet when you get away from the coast.
A few years ago I'd have said "come to the UK!" but property over here has gone completely fruitcake; the house I bought in 1997 for \ufffd33K is now worth about \ufffd100K.
That's $180K for a terraced house with no garden and on-street parking, in a rural town far, far from London. And Mike can attest to the fact that although it's nice, it isn't very big.
There's always crime, of course.