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> First off, I see $38,817 not $18k. Where did you get that? https://livingwage.mit.edu/metros/42660 https://livingwage.mit.edu/metros/42660 > Typical Expense
by dmoy 3y ago
> First off, I see $38,817 not $18k. Where did you get that?
https://livingwage.mit.edu/metros/42660 https://livingwage.mit.edu/metros/42660
> Typical Expenses
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> 1 Adult
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> Housing
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> $18,388
I'm talking about just the housing, it looks like the number you're talking about is total expenses.
> Second, this is for the whole Seattle/Tacoma area. This isn’t living in central Seattle.
Okay that makes more sense. You can definitely get studios for $1.5k with utilities in e.g. Renton or Kent.
- seizethecheese 3y agoThat clears it up. $1.5k is actually really high. The median rent according to Zillow, for just Seattle, is $2.3k and that’s all sizes of apartments. I’m suspicious of the claim here that this is minimal living costs, not closer to median cost.
- dmoy 3y agoIt looks like it's 40th percentile, which for the whole metro region, yea $1.5k for a studio makes sense even after you add in utilities. So much closer to median cost. $1.5k with $100-$200 of utilities, renters insurance, etc in Seattle proper gets a little more difficult to find. You could probably do it up north past greenwood, over in west seattle, or similar. If you know how to dodge the craigslist scams haha.
- seizethecheese 3y ago40th percentile: interesting! Thanks for digging that up. I guess ideologically I don’t think “living wage” corresponds to 40th percentile