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rockzilla · 02-18-2004, 08:06 PM

A friend of mine was trying to calculate this once, he ended up living in an old VW Rabbit, showering at the Y, working 12 hours a week as a busboy, and basically being a shiftless gadabout the rest of his time. After an initial investment of $450 for the car, he spent maybe $25 a week on food, the rest of his money was spent on entertainment and frivolities. He did this in Toronto, from mid-March until late October, he would have stayed later, but it was too cold and he said the novelty of being a bum had worn off. I still don't really understand his reasoning behind doing this, but it didn't kill him, so I guess I could do that if I had to.

Realistically though, I could probably rent a room in the really, really bad part of town for 200$/month with utilities.
I work at a homeless shelter, so food is a non-issue for me. I could live off of leftovers and spare groceries from work if I wanted to. Even if I didn't work there, I could go in and ask for groceries.
So, if all I wanted was food and shelter, I could do that, but that's a pretty bare bones existance, I think I could afford a few perks.
I'd have a cell phone, but no house phone (if I had a room in the bad part of town, I probably wouldn't want to be there too much anyways), 60$/month.
No TV or internet, I'd get married to my library card, between that and my trusty Playstation, I'd be well entertained. I could always check my email and whatnot at friend's houses or the library, or even an internet cafe if I had to, even then 15 minutes would only cost me 2$
Living such a minimal existence will probably bore the hell out of me, so I'll probably end up spending around 15$/week for 4x40's of malt liquor, so I can get drunk twice a week, that works out to $60/month or so.
Figure in about 10$/week for whatever, and I think I could live off of $90/week or $360/month.

Edit - Wow, I put Wayyyy too much thought into that.

02-18-2004, 08:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
rockzilla Junkie Location: The Kitchen	A friend of mine was trying to calculate this once, he ended up living in an old VW Rabbit, showering at the Y, working 12 hours a week as a busboy, and basically being a shiftless gadabout the rest of his time. After an initial investment of $450 for the car, he spent maybe $25 a week on food, the rest of his money was spent on entertainment and frivolities. He did this in Toronto, from mid-March until late October, he would have stayed later, but it was too cold and he said the novelty of being a bum had worn off. I still don't really understand his reasoning behind doing this, but it didn't kill him, so I guess I could do that if I had to. Realistically though, I could probably rent a room in the really, really bad part of town for 200$/month with utilities. I work at a homeless shelter, so food is a non-issue for me. I could live off of leftovers and spare groceries from work if I wanted to. Even if I didn't work there, I could go in and ask for groceries. So, if all I wanted was food and shelter, I could do that, but that's a pretty bare bones existance, I think I could afford a few perks. I'd have a cell phone, but no house phone (if I had a room in the bad part of town, I probably wouldn't want to be there too much anyways), 60$/month. No TV or internet, I'd get married to my library card, between that and my trusty Playstation, I'd be well entertained. I could always check my email and whatnot at friend's houses or the library, or even an internet cafe if I had to, even then 15 minutes would only cost me 2$ Living such a minimal existence will probably bore the hell out of me, so I'll probably end up spending around 15$/week for 4x40's of malt liquor, so I can get drunk twice a week, that works out to $60/month or so. Figure in about 10$/week for whatever, and I think I could live off of $90/week or $360/month. Edit - Wow, I put Wayyyy too much thought into that.