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In another city a place this cheap would be less than $400 / month. Meaning someone could choose this lifestyle simply in a different city working for minimum

In another city a place this cheap would be less than $400 / month. Meaning someone could choose this lifestyle simply in a different city working for minimum wage and meet the requirements for housing costs of less than 1/3 income.

JabavuAdams 11y ago
The problem is who you're living next to, at that price point, in another city. Basically, if you live where all of the minimum-wage people live, you're going to get spill-over from all the typical problems in such a neighbourhood.
- douche 11y ago
  In other parts of the country, the kind of money the author is paying in rent on a studio will pay the mortgage on a 2500 sqft house, in an upper-middle class neighborhood. In an age of high-speed internet, it's ridiculous that we insist software engineers be jammed into dense, expensive globs. Working remotely with Skype calls/IM/screensharing is a better experience, all around, than trying to collaborate in the same office, at least in my experience. You do have to have employees that will actually work, though.
  - JabavuAdams 11y ago
    For sure, but I was commenting on the parent's $400/mo.
- eghad 11y ago
  Yeah, the assumption that all low-income neighborhoods have problems that you should be afraid of "spilling over" is a poor one.
  - JabavuAdams 11y ago
    It would be obvious to say that I haven't lived in every low-income neighbourhood, but I've lived in one. So, I'll list the least severe of my complaints and see whether you think they're not representative of low-income neighbourhoods. I live in Canada, but feel free to comment on US / Commonwealth / Europe. * Majority of students in elementary school's parents did not attend college. * Less than a majority of high-school students continue to University * Engineer, Doctor, or Lawyer is a very uncommon profession among my neighbours. * Any non-domestic, non store-robbery, assault with a weapon (stabbing or shooting) within the neighbourhood within the last two years.

JabavuAdams 11y ago

The problem is who you're living next to, at that price point, in another city. Basically, if you live where all of the minimum-wage people live, you're going to get spill-over from all the typical problems in such a neighbourhood.

douche 11y ago
In other parts of the country, the kind of money the author is paying in rent on a studio will pay the mortgage on a 2500 sqft house, in an upper-middle class neighborhood. In an age of high-speed internet, it's ridiculous that we insist software engineers be jammed into dense, expensive globs. Working remotely with Skype calls/IM/screensharing is a better experience, all around, than trying to collaborate in the same office, at least in my experience. You do have to have employees that will actually work, though.
- JabavuAdams 11y ago
  For sure, but I was commenting on the parent's $400/mo.
eghad 11y ago
Yeah, the assumption that all low-income neighborhoods have problems that you should be afraid of "spilling over" is a poor one.
- JabavuAdams 11y ago
  It would be obvious to say that I haven't lived in every low-income neighbourhood, but I've lived in one. So, I'll list the least severe of my complaints and see whether you think they're not representative of low-income neighbourhoods. I live in Canada, but feel free to comment on US / Commonwealth / Europe. * Majority of students in elementary school's parents did not attend college. * Less than a majority of high-school students continue to University * Engineer, Doctor, or Lawyer is a very uncommon profession among my neighbours. * Any non-domestic, non store-robbery, assault with a weapon (stabbing or shooting) within the neighbourhood within the last two years.