As someone who was born into a low-income family, it's definitely livable. Is it do-able for everyone? Definitely, not. It really depends on how your family spe

As someone who was born into a low-income family, it's definitely livable. Is it do-able for everyone? Definitely, not. It really depends on how your family spends your money. Luckily for me, my mother happened to be an accountant so we had no trouble with our finances and budgeting. When you're making minimum wage, you're actually afforded other benefits. The kids get to eat school lunch for free and we also get free transportation. This goes all the way throughout high school. That's a lot of savings over time! On top of that, colleges offer financial aid packages that reduce the cost of college significantly. In fact, some colleges will even go as far as to give you money for going to their college. We rarely if ever went to eat out, all our meals were homecooked. Snacks, candy, soda were rare in our house. We didn't have cable tv, just broadcast TV. We had a home with heat and air conditioning, but we were very frugal with turning it on. We didn't waste electricity if we didn't have to; if no one was in the room, don't turn on the lights. Don't leave the fan or TV on if no one was using it, etc. Despite being in the low-income bracket, we still went on an annual vacation once a year. We would join those tour buses and visit other states. The rest of the money went toward education.