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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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energywut ◴[23 May 25 21:13 UTC] No.44076644[source]▶
> any American could live an earlier iteration of the American Dream

If (and only if) you aren't socially different from the communities you'd be moving to. Being gay or trans, for instance, might mark you out as a target in a lot of the places where you could live this cheaply. Plenty of race, religions, or political beliefs that would make it untenable.

It's hard to claim that any American can achieve this.

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FireSquid2006 ◴[23 May 25 23:32 UTC] No.44077550[source]▶
I would argue is that what we need for healing and understanding is more brave trans and gay people in these spaces.

It's a lot harder to hate a group when your kind neighbor is one of them. Debate and rational arguments dont actually convince most humans. Kindness without the expectation of anything in return and possibly even hate does.

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1. StefanBatory ◴[24 May 25 14:24 UTC] No.44081324[source]▶
> I would argue is that what we need for healing and understanding is more brave trans and gay people in these spaces.

It is right, but - if you were one of them, would you risk your life to maybe bring in some change?