My social situation has collapsed so I'm basically gonna have to start over from scratch. I'd rather not do it in my truck-nuts anti-pedestrian small city with a ton of negative associations. I can kind of move anywhere but I don't have the energy to go somewhere random and hope for the best.
I'd love to live somewhere where I don't have to own a car. Big enough and with enough stuff to do so I can try to cast a wide net and grow some sort of social group before I die of loneliness. But also where I could afford like a studio apartment on the average entry level wage in the city.
Might be too much to ask with current housing prices.
Any suggestions?
Edit: thank you all! I'll start checking out jobs/apts in the cities mentioned. 
PDX has real good public transit and a studio runs about $1000/mo. Like most big cities it's mostly libs surrounded by rural chuds, but there are also lots of commies and anarchists here. It's expensive like most cities, but there are jobs here - a lot of my job is just helping people get employed. Min wage is like $16, but I see lots of entry level jobs closer to the $20 range.
Also maybe the best city in the US to be trans.
But also, I work with so many people who moved here without a plan and ended up homeless, so please do your research.