For city jobs and anything more then entry level, sure. At entry level unskilled labor you'll be getting between 8-10 dollars an hour in my experience. It's enough to comfortably live in a hole in the wall in some of the more "undesirable" neighborhoods but if you actually want to feel "safe" where you liver then you might be in trouble and could use a roommate.
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