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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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labrador ◴[23 May 25 23:40 UTC] No.44077604[source]▶
Nobody wants a Breaking Bad ending like Walter White hiding out in a New Hampshire cabin or Ted Kaczynski scribbling his manifesto on cold winter nights.
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quesera ◴[24 May 25 17:20 UTC] No.44082439[source]▶
... that's not how Breaking Bad ended. :)
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labrador ◴[24 May 25 17:59 UTC] No.44082726[source]▶
I assume that buying a machine gun to single handedly murder a biker gang is outside the scope of most of our experiences so not worth mentioning. The real end for me was him alone in a cabin with a barrel of cash. To me that was a more realistic ending.

If anything, your correction proves my point. Most people don’t want living alone in a cabin as their ending.

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1. quesera ◴[24 May 25 19:51 UTC] No.44083392[source]▶
Actually, I'd forgotten about the New Hampshire hideaway episode. The (actual) final episode was much more memorable.

And I'll agree that "living alone in a cabin" ... while you are the object of a nationwide manhunt ... is not how people want to live!

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2. labrador ◴[24 May 25 21:45 UTC] No.44083983[source]▶
It was forgettable because it was unspeakably depressing. My great-grandfathers had to live like that but they worked hard to provide their descendents with better opportunities. I'm retired, old, on a fixed income and live alone so I've made my peace with it. I wouldn't recommend it for people trying to have a dating life!