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How to live on $432 a month in America

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526 points cactusplant7374 | 2 comments | 23 May 25 16:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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AndrewOMartin ◴[23 May 25 18:38 UTC] No.44075300[source]▶
Just make sure you don't get sick.
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Goronmon ◴[23 May 25 18:46 UTC] No.44075374[source]▶
Also, you just need to continually scavenge for "free" water and heat.

Don't forget the free fishing rod/equipment.

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jocaal ◴[23 May 25 19:22 UTC] No.44075762[source]▶
In the article he mentions there is a well at the house. Also blankets and wood fires are free heat.
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jeffbee ◴[23 May 25 19:38 UTC] No.44075890[source]▶
In what way is wood free? To heat even a tiny home purpose-built for high efficiency you'd need several acres of woods to sustainably harvest. For a falling-apart $30k hovel in upstate NY you'd probably need more like 15 acres, and you don't get a 15-acre stand of woods in the deal for that price.
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1. justinrubek ◴[23 May 25 21:18 UTC] No.44076696[source]▶
Who said anything about sustainability?

My parents would heat their home this way. Actually, I think they still do. They'd gather all sorts of wood from fallen trees on other peoples' land as a sort of "service" aka- they haul it away and you don't deal with it. Is it worth the cost savings? I highly doubt it. They're just not good with managing time/money.

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2. BenjiWiebe ◴[24 May 25 00:49 UTC] No.44077955[source]▶
There's a guy around here (central Kansas) that charges money to clean up unwanted trees or hedge rows (tree row between fields). He then turns around and sells the firewood.

From what I can tell both of his services are pretty popular.