MH was about 18k, transport and set-up was around 4k, water tap and line was around 3k.

Your three largest household expenses are housing, transportation, and food.

Not to mention roads, water and sewer connections, working telephone, radio and television systems not blocked by spectrum interference, etc.Not to mention the subsidies provided for car transportation, etc.Get a grip and grow up.

Lubbock is also highly diversified being the hub for the area from Amarillo to Midland, Hobbs to Sweetwater for agriculture production and research (cotton, peanuts, sorghum, wheat, watermelons, and wine grape vineyards -70-80% of TX wine grape production comes from this area-), medical care and research (two top-tier facilities in Covenant and the university hospital), manufacturing, transport (major airport), and of course Texas Tech is a huge economic driver employing many thousands and bringing tons of students in with their parents money (30k+ enrollment I believe, it's enormous).

(Just be sure you are near public transportation or this will be very tough to pull off.)The thing to be careful about in New York is that the law here is very, very pro-tenant.  

OK, I think all wages in Texas are exempt from garnishment, but you may consider a non-wage garnishment (bank levy) and possibly go after any bank accounts or personal valuables such as cars, but I would imagine that the court would limit your ability to take someone's vehicle especially if they use this as their primary source of transportation.

Tenants will find better public transportation and support services.

I agree with you about the need to provide transportation. 

I'm currently working as a Transportation Planner in Lansing MI.

We did two things: ordered some stuff delivered to our primary residence (TVs, kitchen items, etc bought during a Prime Day sale) and transported it to our STR via a Penske truck, and then ordered the majority of furniture from a store near our STR.I recommend buying local to your STR if they can store your furniture in their warehouse until you're ready to move in.