I thought Bob's address was in Lowell, a suburb of Boston, but I could be wrong. Anyway, here's a webpage that mentions the rent in and around Boston:
https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/ma/boston/
Lowest monthly rent in the shitholier suburbs is 1300-1600 a month. So, if all Bob is getting is Patreon ($3600 a month,) then he's got about 2000 left over before taxes, which are probably really high. He could probably live like a king on Patreon alone if he moved to some flyover suburb, and he could still live the life of a douchey movie critic if he moved to some Midwest college town. (Might even get the bonus of being a big fish in a small pond.) But no. Bob's
definitely one of those wrinklenosers who visits a mid-range city with a quiet, quirky downtown area and a modest, but high quality art scene and says "Eww. I could NEVER imagine having to live in a place like THIS!"