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It's not about "standing up for something better than poverty," it's about having enough sense to not move to one of the expensive cities in the U.S. for an $8

It's not about "standing up for something better than poverty," it's about having enough sense to not move to one of the expensive cities in the U.S. for an $8/hour job, especially since you can easily become a Lyft or Uber driver and not just make more than that but make enough to commute out here from a place like Concord. Plenty of places in this range in the Concord area: https://www.airbnb.com/s/Concord?checkin=05%2F01%2F2016&checkout=05%2F31%2F2016&price_max=1304&ss_id=ic5kei32&s_tag=Fy-a9TVK https://www.airbnb.com/s/Concord?checkin=05%2F01%2F2016&chec...

timr 11y ago
Yeah, totally. How entitled is it to move to a city where there are jobs, and expect to be paid enough to live within an hour of your full-time job without having to work a second gig as a cab driver? Screw her. In case you hadn't noticed, there are only 13 listings below $1000 on that AirBnB page. Five of them are bunkbeds at "Casa Hacker". If we expand the search to $1500 a month, we get listings like "Very Comfy Couch for 1-2 People" (omfg) and "Bunk Bed in Shared Room" on page one. The average is $3477 a month. Again, I draw two conclusions: a non-AirBnB one-bedroom in Concord for $1500 looks like a pretty good deal, and the people who are criticizing this girl's living situation are totally ridiculous.
- autotune 11y ago
  Again, the point is not that SF has "jobs," the point is that it is stupid expensive and competitive as you have just pointed out to live out here regardless of the job you have, and in a free market society different skills have different demand, value, and pay as a result. It is entitlement to expect to make it out here on the wage she was making without having done some googling and research first, and looked to see if her skillset was enough to be able to live reasonably in SF. Someone with a bit more forthought would get the experience necessary in a more affordable city first before making the jump to SF or NYC. Those hostels and other rentals available in that price range are a short term solution to finding an ideal roommate situation rather than jumping right into getting a one year lease on your own right off the bat. I'm curious, do you think someone at a company in charge of updating the twitter feed should make as much as the CEO? Or the sales reps chasing down leads and bringing in business? Or the developers building the platform? How and why is the job she signed up for more valuable than the on-demand cab drivers who help bring people to work each day and are also forced to compete for decent housing situations in a city where one bedroom costs $3000 a month on average to live downtown?

timr 11y ago

Yeah, totally. How entitled is it to move to a city where there are jobs, and expect to be paid enough to live within an hour of your full-time job without having to work a second gig as a cab driver? Screw her. In case you hadn't noticed, there are only 13 listings below $1000 on that AirBnB page. Five of them are bunkbeds at "Casa Hacker". If we expand the search to $1500 a month, we get listings like "Very Comfy Couch for 1-2 People" (omfg) and "Bunk Bed in Shared Room" on page one. The average is $3477 a month. Again, I draw two conclusions: a non-AirBnB one-bedroom in Concord for $1500 looks like a pretty good deal, and the people who are criticizing this girl's living situation are totally ridiculous.

autotune 11y ago
Again, the point is not that SF has "jobs," the point is that it is stupid expensive and competitive as you have just pointed out to live out here regardless of the job you have, and in a free market society different skills have different demand, value, and pay as a result. It is entitlement to expect to make it out here on the wage she was making without having done some googling and research first, and looked to see if her skillset was enough to be able to live reasonably in SF. Someone with a bit more forthought would get the experience necessary in a more affordable city first before making the jump to SF or NYC. Those hostels and other rentals available in that price range are a short term solution to finding an ideal roommate situation rather than jumping right into getting a one year lease on your own right off the bat. I'm curious, do you think someone at a company in charge of updating the twitter feed should make as much as the CEO? Or the sales reps chasing down leads and bringing in business? Or the developers building the platform? How and why is the job she signed up for more valuable than the on-demand cab drivers who help bring people to work each day and are also forced to compete for decent housing situations in a city where one bedroom costs $3000 a month on average to live downtown?