It seems like you are trying to dismiss my comment based on silly ideas and projection. Overall, your comment is incredibly ignorant and offensive. > It manage

It seems like you are trying to dismiss my comment based on silly ideas and projection. Overall, your comment is incredibly ignorant and offensive. > It manages to highlight its posters success I did not intend to do that, I was clearly just providing context to my situation. > humble brag I don't see how I was bragging. > how frugal & uncomfortable the poster situation once was I never stated I was uncomfortable; I was perfectly comfortable. Of course it was more frugal than living alone; that's the entire point of this conversation. > and dismiss other experiences I wasn't dismissing other experiences, I was sharing my own. > If you _need_ to live with roommates because you cannot afford even a studio on your own, you're not making a livable wage. I absolutely disagree with that definition. A roommate is not "assistance". > There is nothing remotely livable about $290/week (federal minimum) State and local minimums are far higher. Areas that do not have a local minimum wage are often magnitudes cheaper and are more affordable than areas with higher cost of livings and higher wages.