Hoodieninja said:
outlawauron said:
I guarantee I can find something in that range if you live in the US.  Whatever the average rent is is largely irrelevant. You don't make average money, so you don't get an average apartment.
I don't how roommates are cheating. Roommates are one of the most common things in society.
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Not really, you're talking about the Cost of Living in certain States, the Average cost of Living in certain states is Higher Than others.
Let's just say I live in a state where the average cost of Living is much higher than others. This is of course slowly changing over time as the Cost of Living in all states is rising.
Again I don't know where you live, the Minimum Wage does need an increase to ease the burden for most poor. You're also Not including Water, Electricity, and other various bills such as Medical Care or the Lack of There of when things happen.
Like somebody has said the Minimum was $1.60 in 1968 which is almost $11 in today's money. The Minimum Wage has not scaled PROPERLY at all.
Having Roomates is a Common thing now, however back in the 1950's Working a Minimum Wage job was enough to become Independant.
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Which is why minimum wage isn't the same in every state! Minimum wage in California is $9/hour and is going up to $10/hour in 2016.
I do agree that the national number needs to go up for a more universal wage increase, but $15/hour is completely absurd to me.
