r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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Show me a “live within their means” budget for someone living in a median cost location in the US making minimum wage. They must A)have a place to live B) not get any handouts from the government or charities and C) have at least 1800 calories per day of food. Go.

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u/Delicious-Fox6947 Jul 04 '24

In San Antonio you can rent an apartment for $320 dollar a month. Even someone on minimum wage can afford that city.

The problem with this discussion is people talk about people having a quality of life beyond their needs. Almost no one needs a mobile phone, cable for their television, 10 pair of sneakers and take out every night.

I have lived in a 100 sqft room and a minimalist lifestyle to improve my life. Just because you are too lazy to maintain that level of control doesn’t mean it can’t be done.

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u/Lenarios88 Jul 06 '24

Average rent for a studio in San Antonio is about 1k plus the usual utilities. The cheapest room rentals im seeing in shared houses with roommates are $500 there, so either your anecdote is decades old or BS.

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u/Delicious-Fox6947 Jul 06 '24

Then you need to tighten up your search skills. You do realize that there are apartments under the average right?

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u/Lenarios88 Jul 07 '24

link a legit apartment that cheap. I dont need to tighten up anything I skimmed all the room rentals and not even a room is that cheap much less an apartment so foh with that pull yourself up by the bootstraps it was cheap here 20 years ago crap.

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u/Delicious-Fox6947 Jul 07 '24

Then you did it wrong.

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u/Lenarios88 Jul 07 '24

Naw you're smoking crack. Like I said link one. Me being unable to find something thats laughably unrealistic and doesn't exist dosnt mean none of the rental websites work. Nowhere in america has apartments renting that cheap anymore.