Where do I find a small cheap house outside New York City?

I want to move outside the city. We do not need to be commutable to jobs since we are disabled. I'm looking to spend 70-80K on a 2-3 bed room house in an area with a small city. Living in NYC apts is too expensive. I don't want to be more than 3 hours from NYC.

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1. You have to go upstate with 80k. Buffalo probably. Try to find a trailer park. Thats the best option for limited funds and usually you dont pay tax cause its not a permanent structure.
2. try going to staten island, n.y.
3. you mean 70-80k as a down payment because there is no houses w/ this price unless you're looking for condos or co ops that you will find many of 'em in westchester and white plains
4. you wont find anything like that ANYWHERE in the northeast, never mind in a new york suburb. The cheapest houses on long island, for example, are in hempstead and roosevelt, two bad neighborhoods, and even the lowest priced homes cost more than 200k. Just to put what you asked in perspective, buying your own trailer and livin in a trailer park would cost you about 90k initialy. so 70k is completely unrealistic. You might be able to find a 70k co-op or apartment, but you will have to travel pretty far away to get it for 70k..... A 1 bedroom apartment in a so-so neighborhood 45 mins from the city costs 120k.