Welcome to The Frugal Frontier. Today we’re talking about how to live on just $432 a month in America. Imagine buying a 600-square-foot house up in Massena, New York, for “the low, low price of just $29,000.” It’s a place some call “American Siberia,” where one commenter joked, “bro this looks depressing as hell,” but it sits a mile from the Saint Lawrence River with world-class fishing and hunting.

Utilities are cheap—municipal electricity at four cents per kilowatt-hour, water from your own well, taxes just $41 a month after rebates. Heat can come from wood scraps delivered by the local Amish. Transit passes are $53 for two people. Food? Bulk Amish goods keep your grocery bill under $300. A flip phone runs $8 a month. Entertainment is free—hit the library, cast a line, read a book.

All told, that’s about $432 a month. With a part-time cashier job at $17 an hour, four days of work a month covers your costs. As the author notes, “if you really want to become a member of the landed gentry, it’s really not so far out of reach.” That’s your one-minute blueprint for ultra-low-cost living in rural America.
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