Is $20,000 enough to survive where you're from or at least a start?

Yeah that would be life changing for me.

That's more than I make a year

I saved $20 k once a few years ago and then I got scammed

If your working and you hsve an extra $20k its great if not working will be gone in a few months

For $20,000 you can't even get a van down by the river here in Denver. And the rivers are all dried up.

For how long? People survive with much less.

Like for how long? A month? A year? 20k isn’t a lot for a year but for a month. Time is of the importance

Define "survive"...

Are we talking one day, one month, one year, one decade, one lifetime?

And at what quality of living?

Also is this assuming you have a house or someplace safe to stay, or assuming you have nothing but money?

$20k would carry my lifestyle comfortably for about 3 months max.

Yearly?

No way.