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Why should someone on minimum wage be able to afford a medium-quality 2-bedroom rental? Do we have no room in our society for people who don't need much more than a low-quality one bedroom? or even roommates? I've lived with roommates for years and it's great.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

why isn't the standard "people on minimum wage can't afford a room in a group house"? is it cause everyone on minimum wage *can* afford a room in a group house, so the headlines aren't very exciting?

8:21 PM · Jul 14, 2021

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There are real tradeoffs in addressing the working poor, but most people still want privacy, monogamy and children, and no, it's really not good enough to be sheltered in a room during the hours you're not pretending to find some semblance of meaning from your minimum wage job

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this, like most things, is still super culturally relative; what living standards are acceptable aren't an absolute fact of humanity but rather are learned around what we think we can get and comparison to others.

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Mandude dudeman (18+)

@DarkJimBurner

Jul 14, 2021

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@Aella_Girl

I don't know why boarding with people is such a huge issue

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People on minimum wage often have families--lot easier to live in a group house in your 20s.

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Robbery, other crimes, eh.

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There's a very good SlateStarCodex post on this topic. I think it's how I found his blog

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Simple as, no earn, only take. I want more with less effort because lazy. A job is not a career. You get what you earn. Just as previous generations did.

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Because that standard is much harder to measure.

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A lot of this depends on qualifying the discussion around a full time position. If you are working 35-40 hours a week, at minimum wage, I think there should be some expectation to afford a place to yourself be it one or two bedroom.

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I think you may be on to something there.