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How to live on $432 a month in America

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526 points cactusplant7374 | 1 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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dmurray ◴[24 May 25 00:35 UTC] No.44077889[source]▶
15 acres? It should take far less than an acre. The house isn't well insulated, but it's also small. A few big trees, say 40-year Sitka spruce, should last the whole winter, and you can plant a thousand of those on an acre.

Of course it depends on the land and the house. But here's some Reddit comments also estimating the need at < 1 acre

https://www.reddit.com/r/homestead/comments/1jnpbug/how_much...

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1. jeffbee ◴[24 May 25 03:14 UTC] No.44078479[source]▶
Perhaps you will be surprised by the lack of Sitka spruce in St. Lawrence County, NY. I think you are significantly overstating the volume of timber that can be harvested from that kind of forest.