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Travel inside US is very expensive if you do it for longer than a week. Even in the shittiest backwater towns in midwest and mountain states motels are usually $50-80 a night. Some places you would just sleep with your clothes on until checkout. Travel during my 20s was best planned by saving for a bargain ticket overseas and then staying in hostels. When I traveled on my road trips inside US I always stayed with friends, split motel costs with travel buddy or gf, and sometimes slept in the car in WalMart or mall parking lots.