THE BASIC ESSENTIALS OF LIFE ARE... FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHELTER...
BUT...IF YOU DUMPSTER DIVE FOR CLOTHES...OR SHOP THE THRIFT SHOPS...AND YOU LIVE WITH MOM...OR ON A "FRIENDS" COUCH...OR IN SOME HOMELESS SHELTER...OR IN A NICE HIDDEN BOX SOMEWHERE BY THE RAIL ROAD TRACKS...OR IN AN ABANDON BUILDING, OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY NOW...
YOU CAN SIMPLY EAT OFF... FOOD STAMPS...
AND SPEND YOUR DAY SITTING IN A WARM LIBRARY "READING"....AS MANY DO...
MAJOR CITY LIBRARIES ARE FILLED WITH HOMELESS "READERS"...WITH THEIR STINKING BAGS AND JUNK...SLEEPING WITH A BOOK OPEN ON THE TABLE...
AS INDEED MANY ARE IN "DEPRESSION AMERICA" THESE DAZE...!