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Hmmm. 2k a month for 700sq ft in a mid area. Not sure how much more I can reduce.
have you tried being homeless! imagine the money you can save, not paying rent! you can afford to buy a house in ~20000 years (in the irradiated zones)...
It's not that uncommon. People do that. It's actually nice to not have "stuff" and reconnect with what it really means to be a self reliant human.
People live in their cars for awhile. Some people even just get a camping net and sleeping bag and do urban camping.
Phone, gym membership to shower, and a job. You get a more exciting life experience.
Some people even prefer it. You don't have to have the things you're told you need to be happy. I've realized it's all like shitty drugs anyway. Sober or not so many people are sold escapism like it's something they are supposed to have. Getting rid of all your stuff can be a blessing, like a detox from all that's unnecessary. Lifestyles people roped into are marketed to them to make other people rich, not to make your own life better.
in many parts of the world, it's a criminal offense not to have a permanent residency with a mailing address registered to you.
vagrancy laws first existed due to health and wealthfare concerns (albeit this was a lie), but reality is these laws remained.
as a result many employers, when they do background checks and discover you don't have one, have to deny you as your a liability.
if your already employed, if your employer finds out, they can fire you and request compensation, due to violating liability insurance clauses.
the only way to typically do this successfully is to be self employed or to be a day labourer.
this is all before the tax issues that apply...
as some one who spent many months homeless while employed and hiding it from their employer because they didn't make enough to continue living in a sublease... yeah... most people that prefer that typically are on a ton of copium to avoid society or actively are doing it to skirt legal requirements, to maintain a "lifestyle"...
that said, all the more power to anyone's personal choices. I personally hate the system that makes the bare minimum include being homeless.