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[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 month ago

Not just afford a one bedroom apartment. They should be able to do so and also afford to go to work. You can get housing for next to nothing in bumfuck nowhere, but if you can't get to work while living there, then there's no point.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

And you just know this is going to be the conservative argument regarding the subject. Joe Random makes $18 an hour in New York City and they'll argue that this is sufficient because you can rent a 1br studio in Kentucky with it.

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