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> Creating a family in the current society, is almost impossible, two incomes is necessary No, it's really not. If one wants to live a 1950s-style life (e.g.
by zeveb 10y ago
> Creating a family in the current society, is almost impossible, two incomes is necessary
No, it's really not. If one wants to live a 1950s-style life (e.g. a single car, no cable, no Internet, entertainment mostly playing outdoor sports, squeezing an entire family into under 800 square feet, eating mostly canned foods, children going to public school, each member of the family only owning a few changes of clothes) then one can manage to support a family on a single income.
But if one wants to have a modern lifestyle, with a big house, a bathroom for each member of the family, eating out, electronic entertainments, big closets &c. — then yeah, it'll cost a lot.
- speeder 10y agoI am from Brazil. The things you described as 1950 are the normal here, and do require two incomes. For example: the average rent for a tiny apartment in são Paulo (city that has 200.000 homeless households) is about the same as the minimum wage. thus you need someone to pay only the rent, and someone else to buy food, clothes, and so on.