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

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(06-08-2016, 01:04 PM)Au165 Wrote: That is part of being in a world economy. We can acquire things for cheaper else where.

That's all well and good, but with that change might come the change that minimum wage service positions become careers far more than they did before.  I haven't been in the sort of service sector for a while but between semesters of college some of my friends worked in fast food and some of us (myself included) took summer positions at the extrusion plant where our fathers worked.

Neither job was rocket science, but we made almost twice as much per hour being in dangerous, hot, noisy, and carcinogen-filled environments.  So, there was always that sort of option when you needed to free up for minimum wage job for some teen.  I'm not saying things need to go back to that way (my hometown is almost humorously stuffed with empty factories), but we need to readjust our views of work as the nature of work changes.

(06-08-2016, 01:11 PM)PhilHos Wrote: If you can afford to date a woman, then certainly you can afford a 2 bedroom apartment.  

Ah, I see how it is.  Take out a loan to get a 2 bedroom apartment and impress women enough that they might want to move in and make it a dual-income abode.  Clever!