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Blaqthourne posted...

I'm pretty sure these would all mean you're not homeless.

Depends on what definition of "homeless" you're using - there are several.

If we're being strict with our definition of homeless, I'd just buy a storage yard and set up one or more of the containers as a makeshift home - that *does* fit pretty much every definition of "homeless", since it's not a proper home or area deemed suitable for human habitation. The rest of the storage yard could be used to store all my various belongings. Paying for utilities would be a challenge, unless they would let me pay one lump sum at the start of the year (alternatively, if we're being cheeky with the definition, I'll pay someone $100k - or whatever the approximate amount owed is, plus a slight bonus - at the start of the year to pay my bills for me), and you'd have to be careful not to get busted by the cops (since, depending on where you live, what your doing may violate zoning and housing ordinances), but other than that you're golden.

Honestly, without exploiting loopholes like that, these situations are both almost unlivable. Being unable to spend your money more than 5x in a year makes paying any sort of basic bills almost impossible, with groceries being the biggest issue. Your money would buy you almost nothing worthwhile if you can't buy storage to keep things in, so you'd effectively be poor and homeless, given that your money is almost worthless with those restrictions.

The mansion scenario is almost as bad - you have very little money (the OP doesn't say exactly how much), so you presumably are going to have trouble making ends meet as it is, even before the restriction (and that's with the generous assumption that the various bills associated with your house - property taxes, utilities, and the like - are paid for, because those will cost significantly more than your $20 payment limit). And that $20 limit makes shopping for basic items like groceries difficult-to-impossible. And you'd better hope your home never needs repairs, because you'll never be able to pay for them. Worse, your home would basically preclude you from taking advantage of most forms of charity or social security you would otherwise be entitled to to help offset your lack of money.
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