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New Yorkers earning $18.60/hr are not going to pay $1,600/month for a single-bedroom apt in NYC. Yes, NYC is an expensive city, but not every Amazon warehouse
by tooltalk 8y ago
New Yorkers earning $18.60/hr are not going to pay $1,600/month for a single-bedroom apt in NYC. Yes, NYC is an expensive city, but not every Amazon warehouse worker has to live in Manhattan or Brooklyn Heights. There are actually plenty of affordable housings in many lesser-known neighborhoods -- eg, Sheepshead Bay is known for a large community of retirees; Brighton Beach for Russian immigrants, etc. Amazon's warehouse is in Staten Island where the cost of living is generally even lower.
Sure, you need a lot of money to enjoy life in NYC and $18/hr isn't exactly a lot of money. Even then, for folks without any other marketable skills, this isn't the slave wage as you falsely depict here.