Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for free?

If you’re a citizen or legal resident of a Nordic country, you’ll get paid basic subsistence when you have no other income. In Finland this is around 500 euros / month.

There are lots of empty houses in the remote countryside in Finland (and I presume the same is true for parts of Sweden and Norway). You can probably rent something for next to nothing, or even make a deal with the owner to stay for free in exchange for keeping the place up. Many of these houses are owned by inheritors living in cities, so finding the owner is a bit of work but solvable through public registries.

One problem is that you’d be living somewhere remote, so you should enjoy solitude and winter darkness, and you need to budget for a car and fuel out of that 500 € or have a really solid plan for self-subsistence so you don’t need to make trips to town.

Re: Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for free?

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Post by codq » Sat, Nov 04, 2023, 10:36 AM UTC

redog wrote: post #4

My son's been camping the streets of Denver for about 5 years now. He seems happy for a "homeless" guy.

This is interesting. He’s doing this entirely by choice? You don’t have a problem with it?

Re: Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for free?

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Post by danbruc » Sat, Nov 04, 2023, 10:40 AM UTC

pavlov wrote: post #7

If you’re a citizen or legal resident of a Nordic country, you’ll get paid basic subsistence when you have no other income. In Finland this is around 500 euros / month. There are lots of empty houses in the remote countryside in Finland (and I presume the same is true for parts of Sweden and Norway). You can probably rent something for next to nothing, or even make a deal with the owner to stay for free in exchange f…

It is also immoral.

EDIT: As this is collecting downvotes quite quickly, would any of the downvoters care to explain their stance?

Re: Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for free?

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Post by defrost » Sat, Nov 04, 2023, 10:43 AM UTC

danbruc wrote: post #9

pavlov wrote: post #7

If you’re a citizen or legal resident of a Nordic country, you’ll get paid basic subsistence when you have no other income. In Finland this is around 500 euros / month. There are lots of empty houses in the remote countryside in Finland (and I presume the same is true for parts of Sweden and Norway). You can probably rent something for next to nothing, or even make a deal with the owner to stay for free in exchange f…

It is also immoral. EDIT: As this is collecting downvotes quite quickly, would any of the downvoters care to explain their stance?

'It' ?

What exactly is immoral and why?