Comment on What is the worst US state to live in generally?
uncle_bagel@lemmy.world 10 months agoThe Midwest states are essentially the top of the bell curve when it comes to quality of life stats. Maybe life isn’t as flashy as the coasts, but there isnt the absolutely ramoant poverty like you find in Appalachia or the deep South.
NikkiNikkiNikki@kbin.social 10 months ago
Nebraska is the exception, this state has some of the weirdest price of living to wage ratios. For example, in my town you cannot find a job that pays more than minimum wage without commuting to the other towns around you. But the rent is set at a point where you would need to work for $16 to $20 an hour to afford roof AND food. Wild stuff
uncle_bagel@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s pretty much everywhere at this point. Minimum can’t attain the average cost of an apartment in any state in the country, since it hasn’t been rosen in over a decade. That was true before the pandemic and is doubly so now that rampant inflation has kicked in.