We live on $350 a month. I have no car or vehicle. Jeepney's and tricycles are so cheap, I see no need for having one. I have a wife and her 18 year old nephew living with us. We don't suffer any deprivations and actually live better than many about us. A big help is having a fair sized vegetable garden that saves us a lot of money.

The nephew works and is saving his money to start a modern swine farm, so we don't ask any $$ from him. He is responsible and helps out with the chores without asking.

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Charkee,
I actually thought it could be done for less than $500USD but I didn't want to stir up crazy comments. Where are you located? I mean what area of the Philippines?

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@acepoolplayer, I live in Santa Rosa City, about 20 miles south of Manila. I have a 2 bedroom bungalow about 60 square meters. It's clean and comfortable. Rent is 7000php or about $160. We lived in a clean 40 square meter apartment on the lake for about $50 a month, but the danger of flooding was a constant fear during the rainy season. It was a bit of a slum area, it was noisy but the neighbors all watched out for each other.

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