Many modern city dwellers survive perfectly well without a 'regular job.' We live like millionaires but would be hard put to tell you what our true career was. We survive on air. And no, we are not the crazy homeless you see rooting in trashcans. We live in picturesque, old homes with huge, jungley gardens.
Not all are rented homes; many are owned, bought with land contracts (monthly payments to old owner) or we use those new poverty sector Fannie Mae loans with a low cash down payment that don't require proof of earnings or good credit, only proof of high, past rent paid by showing cancelled checks. And those rents we paid with several friends but WITH OUR OWN CHECKS!