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I KNOW that housing can be had around UNH for less than $400.00 per person. A lot of those areas will also give access to decent, if not great, public transportation due to the college.

I also KNOW that rooms can be had for less than $300 around my AO (rural).

I KNOW plenty of folks who are doing slightly better than surviving on minimum wage jobs. They're not getting rich, but they're doing what they have to in order to better themselves a little at a time without resorting to welfare.

$1.00/day may be possible, but I damn sure wouldn't want to try it without supplementing with vension/garden veggies/raised stock/etc.

George

I dunno, I know more than 2 people that work for them and have done VERY well for themselves....

Who knows what the jerkoff is thinking? I only am responding to what he had written. He didn't say a apartment,he was speaking of a room,i.e. "You ain't gonna rent no goddam room in 2012 for 3-400 a month"

People here are talking about different things. How you could live if you had to and how you want to live. I remember the old timers talking about how in Detroit, I think this was after WWII, but not sure, single workers would hot rack. You got the bed for eight hours and that was it. You had to get up so that the next man could have it. This was boarding house stuff where you got two meals and the eight hour bed. Not how I would want to live, but I could if I had to. miles

ok, you are upset because Chinamart workers will strike on the Friday after Thanksgiving? Sounds good to me. If only they would all strike so I don't have to squire the girlfriend to all the 'sales'

Someplaces you might make it at 1k a month, but not around here,

As far as food for a dollar a day, no way, .. You could survive for a short term, but you can not live on 1 dollar a day.

My teenage boys eat a dollar's worth every hour....

No one at our Walmart is going to walk out. Walmart may have it coming but it's not going to happen. The folks who are working there need the work and the lousy wages and there is little out there to go to. The company knows that and takes big advantage of that. Indentured servants. kwg

Exactly right.

Agree with you completely save for my boys and gals eat 15 bucks of it before it even finds it's way onto the shelves and into the fridge.

For many on the 24H,a 1000 bucks a month is for lunch money.

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No way a husband/wife with a kid(s) could live on a grand around here without government assistance.

I hope that you hit quick reply, because what they do will not bother me at all. I figure they will lose their jobs and I also figure that they did not much want them to begin with. miles

It's possible but not likely. Now let's assume a married couple with 2 children need a place. 4 people in one room is possible, not ideal and very unlikely to be rented to.

I'm not saying that it's impossible for 1 person to live on minimum wage but with the rising cost of everything (including Twinkies) it's VERY difficult. Add in a a couple/few family members and it's dam close to impossible.

edited to add...I agree with RISJR re: family on $1K/month. I posted before seeing his last post.

I realize your comment was probably tongue-in-cheek, but if it wasn't, the illegals send the largest majority of what they make back to Mexico to their families.


Liberal? Really? Really?

He strikes me as anything but a liberal.

For 2011 the Census Bureau lists the poverty level at 11,484.00. For a couple,with kid(s),I'd think both parents would have to be making at least minimum wage before they could make it around here.

The median income for households in northern Va is a little over 100K. Very rarely do we have stay at home moms in this region. They'd be a exception,not the norm for these parts.

My secretary makes 38K a year,pays 1750 for a 2 bedroom apt,utilities not included.Add in the basic necessities thereafter,gas,groceries,utilities,manicure,pedicure,massage and Netflix and she's living paycheck to paycheck.

I truly can't see how a single mom with one kid(not my secretary)could make it without govt.assistance at minimum wage.

I agree Bob! Rental housing has gone up significantly around here.

Uh, Bob, you might want to check the necessity list. miles

I spoke those very same words,Miles. But,when I speak of my hunting season necessities list,my positions don't enjoy much credibility with her. Deer piss is oddly expensive.

I understand, but as one raised in hard times, wants and necessities was explained to me a long time ago. miles

I worked for Walmart once upon a time. They tend to be greedy. Those Walton boys can't get rich enough. I empathize with the workers getting pissed about working Thanksgiving...that just ain't right. Frankly, I suspect Sam Walton wouldn't think it was right, either, but he's dead and there's different peeps running the ship. However, this economy is tough, and people have to feed their famailies and keep the power on, so I'm not sure risking my job would be the wise thing to do. You don't throw away what you have without something to replace it. They oughta hunt around and find a 2nd job while stores are hiring for the Christmas season, then if they get kept on after Christmas tell Walmart to take a flying leap.

You mean all the good jobs for liberal arts degrees have been outsourced? No wonder I have to pay the Art History major for the pizza to get him off of my porch.