The hourly rate you need to afford a two-bedroom apartment in every state

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(06-08-2016, 12:25 PM)PhilHos Wrote: You gave me 1 example of a single renter who wants a two-bedroom apartment (the widow/er. And I stand by that that widow or widower would be an idiot. 

The other example, is not valid as I explained because of the article's focus on individuals. I'm sorry that I'm discussing the article YOU posted and have endeavored to try stay on topic. I guess you'd prefer if I brought up other things you have claimed in the past and/or launched a personal attack on you and/or hijacked this thread in a myriad of other ways?


I appreciate that effort in trying to explain how I'm wrong but you still have failed to do so.

Allow me to simplify things. Here are the claims I've made: 
1) The article mentions only individual workers and renters not families
2) A single parent is not an individual househould
3) An individual seeking a two-bedroom apartment they cannot afford is stupid


Which claim am I wrong about?

You're wrong because you asked for an example of a singe worker who could want a two bedroom apartment.

I provided one.

You said it doesn't count because it's not mentioned in the article.

I never said it was.  I was using thought to imagine such a scenario that met your criteria.

Moving along:

From the same article:

Quote:Another way of expressing the same problem: Using the national rates, a worker earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour would need to work 2.8 full time jobs, or approximately 112 hours per week, to afford a two-bedroom apartment. 

That renter would need to work 90 hours to afford a one-bedroom, according to the report.