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packman

(16,296 posts) Sat May 23, 2015, 02:10 PM May 2015

Housing and min. wage - a read worth while

Seems like no one making min. wage - even with the "dream" wage of $15/hr. can afford to live anywhere in America.

A lengthy .phf file with maps and state by state breakdown of cost of 2 bedroom house or apartment and hrs. needed to work to afford living in that state:

http://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/oor/OOR_2015_FULL.pdf

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Housing and min. wage - a read worth while (Original Post) packman May 2015 OP
Expensive as heck in Democratic states yeoman6987 May 2015 #1
Incomes are pretax too. PowerToThePeople May 2015 #2
k&r Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #3
 

yeoman6987

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1. Expensive as heck in Democratic states
Reply to packman (Original post)
Sat May 23, 2015, 02:23 PM
May 2015

However, we pay more and have better services. So it probably evens out.

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