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Conversely, you are arguing that a minimum wage worker should be able to rent a mid-range (40%) 2-bedroom apartment. Who is suppose to rent the cheaper 10-20%
by TheLoneAdmin 8y ago
Conversely, you are arguing that a minimum wage worker should be able to rent a mid-range (40%) 2-bedroom apartment. Who is suppose to rent the cheaper 10-20% apartments? Why do you think the lowest 4% in wages of USA population deserve an average apartment?
Minimum skilled worker = minimum wage salary = minimum quality apartment.
- gascan 8y agoThat's a good consideration, but you're forgetting about the part-timers & the unemployed. I'm not arguing that minimum wage should merit a 2br. I'm just challenging the notion that it shouldn't. There seems to be a sort of, "if you don't work hard and make lots of money, you don't deserve good things", built into that notion. When really, there's not exactly an intrinsic reason why a 2br is too good for a minimum wage worker. If it's a tight city with high demand and not enough housing, sure, competition for scarce 2br is intense. But if there is plenty of space & housing, why not? SF is a microcosm, most of the country is not like that.