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How Much Money Can You Live Off Of?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The couple managed to live an entire month off of just one dollar a day for food expenses. While this project was meant to shed light on the poverty that exists in the world, it also demonstrated the extremes of frugal living. How much money do you need to live? Leave out cable television and satellite television.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

While we were still renting an apartment, I researched areas with lower property taxes, scouted out my ideal neighborhoods, and waited for a smaller, less expensive house to come on the market. Is there anything unique about frugal living in your area? I live in a fairly transient town with lots of college students.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Being frugal is just playing with numbers – and winning. Is there anything unique about frugal living in your area? Alan and I, by choice, bought land in an area with low property taxes. Had we not fallen in love with the locale, it wouldn’t have mattered how low the taxes were, but fall in love we did.