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Because she can make $70k as a cleaning lady by living in a city where a lot of households make $500k+ and can afford to pay more than the average for cleaning

• dkersten 10y ago
  But isn't that the whole point of this discussion? That the money made in Nebraska, while less in absolute terms, still buys more due to lower cost of living and/or taxes?
  • seanmcdirmid 10y ago
    If your only higher costs are housing and maybe a bit more expensive food, you'll still come out way ahead since everything else stays the same in price. You might have to live in a closest, but you'll have way more money for retirement, or to send back home (as cleaning ladies are often immigrants).
    • spraak 10y ago
      > as cleaning ladies are often immigrants Do you have receipts for this claim?
      • seanmcdirmid 10y ago
        You mean citations? When I worked in the states, many of the cleaning staff were immigrants. It's not a bad job for them, the pay is good (relatively speaking, vs. training needed), it doesn't require much language skills. Of course, it really depends where you are, but we were talking about SF, I think.
• koolba 10y ago
  > Because she can make $70k as a cleaning lady by living in a city where a lot of households make $500k+ and can afford to pay more than the average for cleaning services. I suspect cleaning ladies in Nebraska don't make $70k... I suspect the vast majority of cleaning ladies in SF don't make $70k either.