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Is it better to have """low pay""" in San Jose or low pay in Tijuana?
by alexeisadeski3 13y ago
Is it better to have """low pay""" in San Jose or low pay in Tijuana?
- fennecfoxen 13y agoDepends on how low the pay is in Tijuana; the rent down there is much much cheaper too.
- pessimizer 13y agoTijuana. Is there any question?
- endtime 13y agoI'd say yes, there is, if people are choosing the San Jose option.
- peteretep 13y agoThe question is "What is the question?" - Would you rather be on $24k/p/a in Tijuana? - Would you rather be in the bottom 10% income bracket in Tijuana?
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoI definitely meant something like the latter!
- WildUtah 13y agoAccording to the Pew Hispanic Center, more people have moved from the USA to Mexico than from Mexico to the USA in each of the past six years. The reverse flow was strong in the 1990's. That's one clue that maybe low pay in Tijuana is getting to be better than San Jose, at least compared to before. I don't know of specific data between Tijuana and San Jose. I do know recent college graduates in SF and Mexico City, though. It's clear that the average wage in relation to the cost of living is higher in Mexico City. My impression is that unskilled and low wage workers are probably a lot better off north of the Río Bravo, though maybe not at SF/SJ prices.
- grecy 13y agoIt's interesting you choose to compare a developed country to a developing country. You're comparing a team that is supposedly in the A league to a team in the B league, then saying the former is good because it beats the latter. That's nonsensical. For a real comparison, you must compare A teams to A teams. The question should be: Is it better to have "low pay" in San Jose or low pay in Australia/NZ/UK/Japan/Germany/France/Netherlands/etc./etc.
- WildUtah 13y agoMexico is an OECD country, a member of the 'first world club.' It has a high level of literacy and education and economic output and public infrastructure. Comparing Mexico to the USA is an A-league to A-league comparison. Sure, it's a St. Louis Rams to Seattle Seahawks comparison, but it's not so unfair as you suggest.