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No, what's fishy is the $135/week rent, even a small room can cost more than that--unless it's a really, really bad area. But you can live on $540, for a while.
by bsullivan01 13y ago
No, what's fishy is the $135/week rent, even a small room can cost more than that--unless it's a really, really bad area. But you can live on $540, for a while. Food can be very cheap in the bodegas and the rest can largely be controlled by only getting what's really needed. Of course a hospital visit will set you back 1-5 years of living expenses but that's different.
- dlsx 13y agoI agree you could live on the $540 a month for food. But, how does one go about the room, obviously a cell phone bill with tethering (or leeching wifi?) Because she makes 100% of her income blogging from a macbook that costs more than 3 months of her food budget. I like the concept, but it's just so obvious there is more behind their income. The other guy vacations to hawaii to surf, but doesn't mention what he does for income.
- EliRivers 13y agoThe other guy vacations to hawaii to surf, but doesn't mention what he does for income. The sentence immediately following the mention of Hawaii states Price’s version of the simple life costs $5,000 a year, which he earns from publishing a wilderness zine and doing odd jobs around Joseph, his eastern Oregon town.
- ShirtlessRod 13y agoAssuming he is flying to Hawaii, that would set him back at least $600. That's 12% of his yearly budget. Not to mention the fact that actually living in Hawaii is not cheap, and the article said he does this all winter.
- Dewie 13y agoIt's not too expensive for Mr. Money Moustache: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/12/15/high-cost-of-living-its-a-state-of-mind/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/12/15/high-cost-of-livin...
- dlsx 13y agoThis literally requires that you know someone in Hawaii that will put you up FOR FREE.
- judk 13y agoMMM is postmodern art. He goes to huge contortions to pretend that he doesn't work for his living as a blogger and handyman.
- Dewie 13y agoHe does? I don't have that impression. http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/11/18/mustache-on-the-move-wintering-in-hawaii/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/11/18/mustache-on-the-mo...
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- phaemon 13y agoReally? Is he lying about his spending or is he lying about his income from savings & investments?
- prawn 13y agoWhy is the cost of the MacBook relevant at all? She could've had this previously, been given it, or received it second hand.
- weeksie 13y agoBullshit. I have friends that lived in Surreal Estate (a Bushwick artists' loft) five years go for 150/_month_. You don't know what you're talking about.
- bsullivan01 13y agoYou don't know what you're talking about. All I know comes from trying to help via the internet a cousin find a place to live around that area. Bullshit. I have friends that lived in Surreal Estate (a Bushwick artists' loft) five years go for 150/_month_. Apparently Surreal Estate is some sort of experimental commune so I don't see how this makes my argument invalid. Oh, and it's in Brooklyn, not Manhattan. And apparently it was five years ago.