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by ben_w 129 days ago
> If you had no connections, money, investments, or any property/possessions to sell, what would be your first steps?

That'd a harsh set of constraints.

I think the only answers remaining with those in place are "prostitution" and "crime", aren't they?

Ditch a digit, $100 in a week, and you could do it with any normal job, stack shelves or whatever, but I don't see that getting you to $1k. $500 perhaps, from what I hear of US jobs (you did mean USD not any of the other dollars, right?), but not $1k.

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The median income in the US was $83,730 in 2024

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-28...

Now in some cases that is two or three people working, but a $52,000 a year job is not impossible to find for many people.

Sure, but with:

> no connections, money, investments, or any property/possessions

You're not going to get median, you're getting what you can reach on foot. Informal day labour, not median salary.