06-22-2013, 11:19 AM
There are many here who do live on SS income...BUT many have low to no monthly rent/mortgage....
Internet will be $30-90/mo. (or higher, depends on WHERE you will be...but $30 is the lowest we have found)
Rent ranges from WOOFer-ing & work/trade to well past your income/month... but $300-400 a month will get you something...ummmm ... 'unique' - you may also want to look at something like the VIP program up at Volcano National Park....do this well before moving, the volunteers to share housing & get a slim stipend, in exchange for their VIP time....
Food is really based on what you eat & how you get it....much of our produce we exchange with neighbors & friends - both in garden space & produce from our plants...heck, our dog & cat monthly food bills close to mine (but they do eat well!) - have no idea if you need meat daily, and if you will be somewhere that has an active production of foods that you can use...some places do, others do not...for me, my grocery bill is well under $100 a week, but hubbies is over 2x that...and he eats out more (& I eat out with him when he is here...not something I do without him...)
I usually have fruit & yogurt 2x a day, veggies & cheese & some bread 2 x a day...& coffee/tea/leamonafe/ice tea or soda (my downfall) throughout the day - with some chicken or fish a few times a week...& we have a small grove of trees that produces papaya, oranges, tangerine, bananas, lilikoi, bilimbi, grapefruit, tangerines, limes, lemons, cherry, coffee, pineapple, cassava, moringa, squash & have neighbors & friends with fields of macademia, purple sweet potato, taro, lychee & often get eggs, pork, chicken & fish in exchange for some of our stuff...so much of the time I can eat without the grocery... & we have even more food producing plants in, they are just maturing, including peaches, malabar chestnut, blueberry, spices... & our neighbor utilizes 1/4 of our lot to grow beans, peas, okra, pumpkin, squash, eggplant... Reading this, it would seem like we have a huge lot...but it is all on one of the smallest lots....with a fairly long house taking up a major portion of the land...
Have no idea if you have any meds or habits that eat up a good portion of income...
Have no idea if you want to sit in the dark at night, or if you like a lot of lights, or going out to social activities...
Internet will be $30-90/mo. (or higher, depends on WHERE you will be...but $30 is the lowest we have found)
Rent ranges from WOOFer-ing & work/trade to well past your income/month... but $300-400 a month will get you something...ummmm ... 'unique' - you may also want to look at something like the VIP program up at Volcano National Park....do this well before moving, the volunteers to share housing & get a slim stipend, in exchange for their VIP time....
Food is really based on what you eat & how you get it....much of our produce we exchange with neighbors & friends - both in garden space & produce from our plants...heck, our dog & cat monthly food bills close to mine (but they do eat well!) - have no idea if you need meat daily, and if you will be somewhere that has an active production of foods that you can use...some places do, others do not...for me, my grocery bill is well under $100 a week, but hubbies is over 2x that...and he eats out more (& I eat out with him when he is here...not something I do without him...)
I usually have fruit & yogurt 2x a day, veggies & cheese & some bread 2 x a day...& coffee/tea/leamonafe/ice tea or soda (my downfall) throughout the day - with some chicken or fish a few times a week...& we have a small grove of trees that produces papaya, oranges, tangerine, bananas, lilikoi, bilimbi, grapefruit, tangerines, limes, lemons, cherry, coffee, pineapple, cassava, moringa, squash & have neighbors & friends with fields of macademia, purple sweet potato, taro, lychee & often get eggs, pork, chicken & fish in exchange for some of our stuff...so much of the time I can eat without the grocery... & we have even more food producing plants in, they are just maturing, including peaches, malabar chestnut, blueberry, spices... & our neighbor utilizes 1/4 of our lot to grow beans, peas, okra, pumpkin, squash, eggplant... Reading this, it would seem like we have a huge lot...but it is all on one of the smallest lots....with a fairly long house taking up a major portion of the land...
Have no idea if you have any meds or habits that eat up a good portion of income...
Have no idea if you want to sit in the dark at night, or if you like a lot of lights, or going out to social activities...