I'm not a big reddit guy (I just signed up actually), but this is really interesting/entertaining/informative. Show's you that people really do survive with little to nothing, especially the guy who lived in a Canadian city at 16 then decided he was a backpacker and moved to a national park. Long story short, fourteen years later he's living a descent life in continental Europe a "regular guy".

Pretty cool

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/byd08/by_request_i_lived_in_my_truck_for_8_months_ama/

And the original thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/byaac/im_25_my_marriage_just_ended_i_have_no_job_and_am/