Yeah. I mean, that's one strategy. It's not like there aren't trainers out in the sticks who hang out looking for battles, too. But that's what's worked for me.

As for other stuff... the Centers don't pay a ton, but they're free to stay at, if a little uncomfortable, and they're almost always right next to PokeMarts in case you get sick of living off of the complimentary stuff in the Centers.

So if you wanna be thrifty while you settle in, I'd do that. As long as you can stand sleeping in a lobby and dealing with people 24/7, anyway. Me, I couldn't cut it, so after awhile I started springing for hotel rooms and got a better-paying job at a department store instead.

_{[Which ALSO hadn't been a walk in the park, BUT HEY, that's why she started putting her energy into battling instead.]}