I discussed this with a mate precisely yesterday, we ended up agreeing that people who have no/low qualification jobs shouldn't move to big cities, at least her

I discussed this with a mate precisely yesterday, we ended up agreeing that people who have no/low qualification jobs shouldn't move to big cities, at least here in Spain (maybe in other countries it's different). Most of this jobs will pay close to the minimum wage anyway but the living expenses are significantly lower in the smaller towns. I don't know how much of this can be exported to other countries such as the US though. I live in Spain in a small town (<100k citizens) and a single person with a modal wage can easily afford to own both a house and a car. And a family with two parents with minimum wages and two kids can live without luxuries but without missing any of the essential stuff. However, in Madrid you would need over half of a modal salary and well over 70% of a minimum wage just to rent a single bedroom apartment in a location that isn't in the middle of nowhere. One of my friends here is a delivery man and his wife is a cashier, they have two daughters, own two good cars which weren't pre-owned, have a detached house less than 10km away from the city center (10 minute drive) and they live well, go on vacation every now and then, etc.