Pound the table. 

Let's take your "undesirable areas" for instance.

I mean I look at the meat counter at Costco and steaks are now 15 to 30 bucks a pound  salmon ( granted line caught and fresh) is 25. a pound etc etc.. 

I've mentioned it before, but I believe self managing to save money is penny wise and pound foolish.

I don't want to carry a rifle and a 100 pounds of gear up mountains.

It's ironic, becasue this struggle is what usually sends new investors searching for cheap properties in undesirable neighborhoods or cities that are dying.

People were pounding the table 2 weeks back on remote work and death of the office and the same ones are celebrating because WSJ is reporting company XYZ is looking for office space in a particular city.

Maybe that advice would normally be a good rule-of-thumb for most people in most situations, but what if someone finds a good deal in an area deemed "undesirable"?

He dropped all his undesirable freelance work, but he might pick up something like that.

Go pound salt bro".