this crib is less than 100k in Winston-Salem..I'm not young. I am a square, but I knew nikkas in the game, including my best friend who died in it. People who lived nice, as well as cats who stayed low and dressed bummy to stay off the cops' radar. I was simply answering the hypothetical.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5151-Norton-Ln-Mobile-AL-36608/50990135_zpid/
There's a 99000 dollar house in Mobile. That's the "big city". You could probably get a house for half that outside the city. That's 250k to live off of, and figure out how to make money. Very possible. I personally knew people who were more than smart enough to do that. If you can manage a drug empire (outside of the 80s crack era where 16 year olds were hundred thousandaires) to where you have 300k to play with, you should know enough about business to figure something out. He'll, in Alabama, you could probably go legit, get a 9-5 and live good but not great off your earnings and cash reserves. Somewhere in the country, you could probably live 10-15 years off 300k if you had to.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3607-Thornaby-Cir-Winston-Salem-NC-27107/65049385_zpid/
this is a college town so you could easily start up a little restaurant.. or, even i know some folks who bought a bar & liquor license, on one of the main strips- for dirt cheap..
you could easily buy that crib.. or, one cheaper.. and, live off 300k here, for a very long time.. these dudes tripping..