Trying to go completely off grid - building your own house - is way too much hassle. I think of it as an optimization problem. you do not want inconvenience yo

Trying to go completely off grid - building your own house - is way too much hassle. I think of it as an optimization problem. you do not want inconvenience yourself too much with having to worry about your own home being towed !. It will add unwanted stress to your life. The best approach as someone said - "college town with a roomate" - this is the lowest you should go since college dorms are really fancy these days and are super cheap. the extra saving you will get by going below this ( becoming essentially homeless ) is not worth the other problems associated with it ( security, winter, etc ) Money is not the end of it all. Mental wellbeing and physical wellbeing is always more important. The other great advantage of college town is its filled with people who want to socialize. You dont want to be 50 and look back at your life as someone who saved a lot of money and lived in a car.