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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: 0.462s | source
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Taikonerd ◴[23 May 25 18:42 UTC] No.44075328[source]▶
> any American could live an earlier iteration of the American Dream — and could be living so cheaply, they’ve got their expatriate buddies down in Mexico beat.

Their expatriate buddies down in Mexico probably aren't shivering through an upstate New York winter with nothing but a wood-burning stove for warmth, the way this guy proposes.

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Goronmon ◴[23 May 25 18:49 UTC] No.44075408[source]▶
Yeah, leaving the "heat" part of the list just blank is pretty telling as far as how much thought went into this.
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michpoch ◴[23 May 25 20:27 UTC] No.44076336[source]▶
At 4 cents per 1kWh heating will not be an issue, even with regular resistive heater. It’s almost free electricity.

You could run a 1.5 kW heater 24/7 for roughly 40 USD a month. Just make sure the space is well insulated and not too large - but we’re talking about basic living, so that should be easy.

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1. ryoshu ◴[23 May 25 22:24 UTC] No.44077158[source]▶
So > 10% of your budget goes to heat in cold months.
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2. michpoch ◴[24 May 25 06:55 UTC] No.44079263[source]▶
Yes, that’s seems rather low even? Plus that is basically almost included in their budget - 30 USD for electricity is already there.