/r/FrugalUrbanHermits

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Where $1,000/week for life is retirement money.

This subreddit is meant to be a community of those who lead frugal, urban, and hermit-like lifestyles. You don't have to fit all or even any of those descriptions, we'll accept you just the same. Here we discuss how to make the most of the lives we've chosen to live.

Where $1,000/week for life is retirement money.


This subreddit is meant to be a community of those who lead frugal, urban, and hermit-like lifestyles. You don't have to fit all or even any of those descriptions, we'll accept you just the same. (You can also live on less than $1000/week.) Here we discuss how to make the most of the lives we've chosen to live.

This sub will be used for tips, advice, frugality, general discussion, and an overall place for love and support for a community that is often misunderstood.

Here is great writeup of the typical Frugal Urban Hermit, written by our spiritual father, /u/WoobyWiott.


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Rules:

Rule 1 - Posts must in some way pertain to living a lifestyle in line with the ideas of frugality, urban living, and hermitude. For example, if a post is about living alone in a house in suburbs, that's fine. If a post is about living frugally in a rural area, it has violated Rule 1 and will be removed.

Rule 2 - Absolutely no content is allowed that violates reddiquette. Reddiquette can be found here.

Rule 3 - No rudeness, sexism, racism, etc. Be a decent human being.


Related Subreddits:

/r/frugal

/r/personalfinance

/r/financialindependence

/r/vandwellers

/r/minimalism

/r/investing

/r/frugalfemalefashion

/r/frugalmalefashion

/r/ThriftStoreHauls

/r/leanfire

/r/simpleliving

/r/FrugalUrbanHermits

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EcoFlow River 2 Max. Charge is set at 400 watts max although I can boost it up to 600+ max. Up to full in an hour tops.

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2023/01/01
10:39 UTC

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EcoFlow Warranties on Refurbs

For those who purchased refurbished EcoFlow products this 2022, they are providing the same warranty period (3 to 5 years) as the brand new products for their refurbs. You just gotta register your products on their site before the year ends. For "new" refurb purchases, the extended warranty already applies.

1 Comment
2022/11/16
09:34 UTC

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Why build your own sogen when you can get one out of the box?

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2021/12/29
09:17 UTC

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Any opinions on the EcoFlow River Pro?

7 Comments
2021/11/04
07:53 UTC

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The future of offgrid living is here! 3,500 cycles and multiple ways to charge, plus scalable up to over 25kwh, the EcoFlow Delta Pro

0 Comments
2021/09/25
06:59 UTC

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How many of you guys got saved by sogens during Ida?

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2021/09/17
15:25 UTC

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Thеre is а Youtubеr саlled "Leоn Faraday" that lеarns еveryweеk а nеw skill. Нis relativеs рassеd awаy whеn hе wаs 14, hе mаkеs videоs аbout оwn ехperienсе of mаstering new skills аnd anоther videоs for pеоplе to kееp motivаtion to lеаrn аnd try new things, beсаusе wе have оnly one lifе !

Some of vidеоs arе relаtеd tо r/FrugalUrbanHermits/, somе skills аre reаlly usеful, sоme of them just for fun, but I know friends of minе thаt hаvе wаtсhеd his vidеоs in thе last соuplе of weеks аnd it has mаdе a rеal positive differеnсe tо thеir life. Hе does vidеos from hоw to jugglе tо еvеn how tо рick а loсk with a сouple of papеrclips. Very hеlpful stuff thаt evеryоnе who doеsn't hаve еnоugh mоtivаtiоn оr just wаnts tо learn sоmething cool

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2021/05/26
00:08 UTC

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Tell me this isn’t one of the most gorgeous chunks of closet lettuce you’ve ever seen.

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2021/05/13
22:51 UTC

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Best harvest I’ve ever had from the 16 gallon tub I’ve got 4 Tiny Tim tomato plants growing in in the closet of my studio apartment (the setup is pictured in the upper left corner of a previous post of mine on this sub). I recently added some red wigglers to the tub and I think it’s helping.

2 Comments
2021/05/13
22:38 UTC

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Dear mods, seeing as the $1000/week seems to get a lot of disagreements in this sub, maybe there doesn't need to be an exact monetary amount claimed by our definition of frugality to begin with?

The dictionary definition of frugal doesn't specify any specific amount. I don't think we really need to have a base number in mind to understand the spirit of frugality.

3 Comments
2021/03/16
22:00 UTC

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Just because you live in a 375 sq ft apartment doesn’t mean you can’t grow some food in your closet.

13 Comments
2021/03/04
20:57 UTC

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I greatly appreciate Subway

Finding yourself out of the house without a packed lunch? Trying to eat a meal before your next activity in the city? You're probably within a mile of a big sandwich loaded with veggies for under $10 and isn't a burger.

Also, at some Subways you can get a personal-sized cheese pizza for like $5 and load it up with as many veggies and sauces as you want. A lot of times they don't have it on the menu, so I always ask.

7 Comments
2021/03/03
22:22 UTC

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Get a bike!! A car is often the 2nd largest monthly expense, plus a hefty initial investment. Avoid that while getting in shape!

9 Comments
2021/03/03
22:10 UTC

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It's usually not too expensive to live in a popular city, it's expensive to *sleep* there!

From 2013-2016 I spent most of my waking hours in San Francisco, but I slept in a house in an unpopular part of Oakland for $500/month. Just a mile from the train station, I could leave my front door and be in SF in as short as 20 minutes.

5 Comments
2021/03/03
22:08 UTC

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1000$ / week is not frugal at all - change my mind.

I'm 18 years old and currently I live by myself, on about 300$ per month (rent 150$ + food etc).

Which threshold (money spent/time) would you consider for true frugality?

13 Comments
2021/03/03
09:19 UTC

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A porridge that is filling and 100% cheap

hello everyone

I am going to tell you about one of my biggest pride in cooking

A porridge that is filling and 100% cheap

Here are the ingredients that you'll need

-250g of flour, the cheapest available (~44ct for 1kilo so 11ct for the preparation)

-a cheap packet of an onion instant soup (40 ct I use only half of it so only 20ct)

-canned dog food (300g for ~42ct)

-The cheapest can of tomato paste (~13ct)

-1 liter of water (free water, if you don't have tap water you can use water from school, the neighbor, or the pool)

finally, your porridge is only going to cost you roughly ~86ct

I can see people coming here and saying "ughh you eat dog food, you're disgusting" Did you know my friend that dog food undergoes exactly the same sterilization process as canned products intended for human consumption. And the nutritional qualities are IDENTICAL, just the price that changes ...

Going back to our porridge

take the ingredient and mix everything in a casserole till it becomes homogeneous, then cook over low heat for 1 / 2h

Here is the result, 2kg of porridge, enough to eat over the cases of about 3 days. And of course, on holidays I don't hesitate to add some ingredients like pasta

I hope you liked my recipe

https://preview.redd.it/p15qcxmb8h061.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a68c5fef5701e73fc162d142700931a16683292

82 Comments
2020/11/20
23:10 UTC

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Lockdown

Living in England, we're locked down again. Having no choice other than to be an urban hermit, and with no shops open, by default frugal, half of this country is now an UrbanFrugalHermit not by choice, but because of the 'rona. I wonder how many people will stick with it

3 Comments
2020/11/15
15:00 UTC

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HOW I PRACTICE FRUGALITY - FRUGAL LIVING TIPS 😌 !

2 Comments
2020/09/18
17:24 UTC

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Think you could live here in this minimalist home?

2 Comments
2020/08/18
01:45 UTC

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Follow Those Tips To Save Money!

0 Comments
2020/04/07
02:00 UTC

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How urban is "urban"?

8 Comments
2019/11/19
03:18 UTC

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3 Minimalism Mistakes To Avoid

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2019/10/23
02:04 UTC

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My Journey as a Non-extreme Minimalist

0 Comments
2019/10/08
13:57 UTC

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Man Lives in Woods of East Blue Hills Reservation - Underground Bunker Discovered by Squirrel Hunter (r/BosonMassachusetts) 19 Aug 2019

3 Comments
2019/08/18
23:03 UTC

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What the FUH are ya'll up to? How's life in relation to FUH?

4 Comments
2019/07/12
14:51 UTC

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