I’m in Ft. Walton Beach. We shop at Goodwills and Salvation Army, and other 2nd hand stores for clothes and household stuff, on weekends.
I drive a 14 year old car I bought used, and we do not go to movies or buy them, unless it’s used in the thrift shops, so no money goes to the original artists.
We watch mostly HGTV and DYI shows on the TV, and local news channels....................
We live on SS income, so we don't have much excess income. We shop at the thrift stores in the big city and always have, even when we worked in our career jobs. Buy and sell a lot of farm necessities on Craigslist for a fraction of store-bought stuff we need. We do all the work on the farm ourselves and have learned how to work on the tractors and equipment without outside help. I am currently wiring a hundred year old shed for electricity to make it more functional. I don't know anything about electricity except what I read in a book but have learned the basics of it and plumbing to get by here on the farm. Last month I replaced the well pump without help. We've learned to make do with what what's available since we don't have much money to throw around. But we live comfortably with a big garden, fruit trees, chickens and beef cattle for some food necessities.
My farm truck is 13 years old that I bought used before I retired. I do go to the movies occasionally when I go to the big city for my VA appointments. Yesterday I saw Patriots Day. Great patriotic movie.
Sounds like we have more in common than not.