One thing I find interesting about how living wage is calculated is the assumption that the typical person lives alone. I know the number of single individual households have been increasing in recent years, but they’re still nowhere near a majority.
From when I moved out at 20 and moved in with my now wife at 29 I had roommates. So did virtually all of my friends and co-workers. We worked in food services, retail, in construction, and having roommates was how you managed to not spend everything on food, rent and utilities, and student loans. Living solo was a rare luxury.
So when did the floor get raised to earning enough to live on your own?
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Originally Posted by fotze
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