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I'm guessing many (most?) people commuting to Manhattan aren't in the category of minimum wage workers. Picking one of the most expensive places in the planet
by BeetleB 2mo ago
I'm guessing many (most?) people commuting to Manhattan aren't in the category of minimum wage workers.
Picking one of the most expensive places in the planet (Manhattan) as your example isn't helping you much. Lots of well known cities are much cheaper. When people I know move to, say, Tennessee, they're not working minimum wage. Ditto Kansas City, almost any Texan city except Austin. St Louis, Louisville, etc.
Until recently, even the Chicago Metro was still among the more affordable places for white collar workers - where you could buy a 2000 sq ft house and not go broke over doing so. I don't know if it's still the case, but it was still cheaper pre-pandemic than any of the cities in the Western states.
Edit: Just confirmed - Chicago is still cheaper. Affordable houses, in good neighborhoods.
- TuringNYC 2mo agoExcept it doesnt only impact minimum wage workers...or does it only impact NYC -- its the same problem in Washington DC, Virginia suburbs, Boston, SF, Seattle. I suppose they could move to some rural area for cheap rent, but what jobs exist there? I have multiple relatives making $60k or $100k and can barely survive once you introduce healthcare co-pays, deductibles, rent, pharma copays, etc. Please, for a moment, consider that you are a techie possibly making $250k $500k, or more and there are people suffering who making a third or a fifth of you. Consider that you might be single but there are others with kids. Also consider that you might have a Platinum healthcare plan but others have "healthcare" with 10k deductibles per familymember.
- vile_wretch 2mo ago> I'm guessing many (most?) people commuting to Manhattan aren't in the category of minimum wage workers. Do you think there are no minimum wage workers in Manhattan? Or do you think someone making minimum wage could afford to live in Manhattan?