There's a subtext in jobs like this (low-paying entry-to-mid-level, aspirational jobs in high-cost-of-living areas) that the only people who can sustain them ar

There's a subtext in jobs like this (low-paying entry-to-mid-level, aspirational jobs in high-cost-of-living areas) that the only people who can sustain them are those of independent means (i.e. those who can get by when their salary supplements a paid-off condo, a HEMS trust and $18K/year from their parents). It's a very common situation in journalism, politics, non-profits and the arts.