I basically live by everything Zhukov does. Especially the repair part, as well.
I am the only one in my family who fixes "things" instead of throwing them out. Scavenging what you can is important, as well. I try not to be too bad about it because it makes me a bit of a pack rat.
my mom worked as a secretary for the buisiness/eviction center of a project,
she used to come home and bitch about how they got cable tv and had such great lives living off the gov. One time Horhay went there to see her and was politely advised by several LARGE men not to interfere with a man beating his wife a little ways down the street.
Anyway, whenever someone got evicted, we always got new stuff.