Minimum Wage Still Can’t Pay For A Two-Bedroom Apartment Anywhere
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#2It seems that minimum wage is not, in fact, supposed to support a person 100%, not especially a family.
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#3If you want the better things in life, you should be able to do better than minimum wage.
Life is a competition, you don't get to be here for free.
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#4> And only in 28 of the country’s counties can a 40-hour-a-week minimum wage worker afford a one-bedroom [home]
So where do they live?
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#5> And only in 28 of the country’s counties can a 40-hour-a-week minimum wage worker afford a one-bedroom [home] So where do they live?
With roommates, mostly.
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#6It seems that minimum wage is not, in fact, supposed to support a person 100%, not especially a family.
I am not sure why people think minimum wage must be enough to afford a two-bedroom home. Ideally minimum wage should comfortably allow one person to support... Themselves, minimally. Which means a studio or one bedroom.
People should not aim to remain at minimum wage long, but use it as an entry point for somewhere better.
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#7Minimum wage workers can't afford a 1 bedroom apartment or studio where I live.
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#8This article like so many others makes a critical mistake in using a median price for minimum earners.
A minimum wage earner is not and should not be in the market for a median priced home.
A median wage earner would pursue a median priced home.
A bottom quartile earner would pursue homes priced in the bottom quartile. Not the median.
The title of this article is false. Minimum wage earners can often afford two bedroom homes priced at the lower end.
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#9It seems that minimum wage is not, in fact, supposed to support a person 100%, not especially a family.
I am not sure why people think minimum wage must be enough to afford a two-bedroom home. Ideally minimum wage should comfortably allow one person to support... Themselves, minimally. Which means a studio or one bedroom. People should not aim to remain at minimum wage long, but use it as an entry point for somewhere better.
Why not? Why shouldn't it? Why is this the proper state of things?
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#10> And only in 28 of the country’s counties can a 40-hour-a-week minimum wage worker afford a one-bedroom [home] So where do they live?
Apartments, with roommates, their parents' house, tents, etc.