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It depends on where you are. If you take $5,000 into Mexico or Central America, you can last much longer. (Assuming you don't get robbed or kidnapped.)
My taxes are 360 dollars per year.
I could cut my homeowners insurance.
My electric is roughly 80 dollars per month on average. I could probably cut it down to 60/mo if I had to.
If I cut out the internet and netflix I would save 98 dollars per month.
House is paid for.
No debt.
I would have 326.00 per month to feed myself and the animals. That would be 75 dollars per week. I would need 20/week for the animals so I would have to eat on 55/week. I could probably do it but I would need a huge garden.
I wouldn't be comfortable but I would survive somehow.
My taxes are 360 dollars per year.
I could cut my homeowners insurance.
My electric is roughly 80 dollars per month on average. I could probably cut it down to 60/mo if I had to.
If I cut out the internet and netflix I would save 98 dollars per month.
House is paid for.
No debt.
I would have 326.00 per month to feed myself and the animals. That would be 75 dollars per week. I would need 20/week for the animals so I would have to eat on 55/week. I could probably do it but I would need a huge garden.
I wouldn't be comfortable but I would survive somehow.
The question was living in your car - not in your home.
IDK... do bums even have cars?
Why would a bum have $5000?
Is a guy living with the parents a bum?
Bums out on the street would qualify for shelters and other support.
Sleeping in your car....
Eating from the Dollar Menu....
Bathing in public bathrooms....
What else?
So how many months or years do you think you could stretch $5,000?
Oh...Just noticed "Sleeping in car"
Well, sleeping bag 20 degree type.
small camping stove for cooking
Food bank for bread and other things not available
Gas....limit travel....
I would use the local community center for wifi and could bathe in a limited fashion. Also to keep warm.
You also have to consider insurance for vehicle...I pay $38 for $50K liability...
Right now, I can get by on about $550 but I work and make 3 X that amount
I'd guess $400, "Maybe" less per month.....So about a year. But it would suck with no diversions...
The question was living in your car - not in your home.
The thread title is "How long could you survive on $5,000 living like a bum.
I replied on how I could live on 5,000. How many "bums" have a car?
I would feel like a bum even in my own home if all I had was 5k per year. I guess I should include a "booze budget" if I were a true "bum".
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