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Topic	Minimum wage workers cannot afford rent in any U.S. state
_Rinku_ 07/16/20 10:40:56 AM #50:	Prismsblade posted... Isnt the average commute time to and from work near a hour for most people? Note the "for minimum wage" part of my post. I know plenty of people who have an hour commute for non-minimum wage jobs. A lot of my friends, after graduation, got jobs about an hour and half drive away. Even though this was a high-paying, cushy office job, they were getting crushed by the cost of gas, wear and tear on their car, and just the mental toll of being isolated in a car for three hours a day. Every last one of them moved closer because that commute was unsustainable. I'm sure it doesn't take a genius to extrapolate that someone making $30/hr can't afford to live that far away also means that someone making less than a third of that can't make a third of the commute. <cite>_Rinku_ posted [p:942184333] in Minimum wa... [t:78849869]...</cite> <quote>Prismsblade posted... </cite> <quote>Isnt the average commute time to and from work near a hour for most people?</quote>Note the "for minimum wage" part of my post. I know plenty of people who have an hour commute for non-minimum wage jobs. A lot of my friends, after graduation, got jobs about an hour and half drive away. Even though this was a high-paying, cushy office job, they were getting crushed by the cost of gas, wear and tear on their car, and just the mental toll of being isolated in a car for three hours a day. Every last one of them moved closer because that commute was unsustainable. I'm sure it doesn't take a genius to extrapolate that someone making $30/hr can't afford to live that far away also means that someone making less than a third of that can't make a third of the commute. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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