Comment on Minimum Wage Needed to Meet Cost of Living in US States (OC)
jacksilver@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
How are you accounting for cities pulling up the averages for each state? For example New York has some dirt cheap places to live, but it’s clearly being dragged up by New York City.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You’d be surprised how few people live in NYC currently as compared to years before. It’s becoming a ghost town of the ultra wealthy and dwindling services and space for anyone else
jacksilver@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s still considered to be the most populous city in the US at around 7.9 million.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Doesn’t look or feel that way when you walk it rn. So many closed businesses where there used to be busy streets