return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoRenters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years agofortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down13
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkRenters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years agofortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoBro if everyone moves to the jobs that pay enough to live decently, very important jobs will not get done. Our society needs manual laborers to keep everything from falling apart.
minus-squareHauntedCupcake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoAlso, the jobs that pay decently will start to not pay decently. And now we’re back at square one
minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoActually worse than square one, because in this scenario, nobody’s picking up the trash.
Bro if everyone moves to the jobs that pay enough to live decently, very important jobs will not get done. Our society needs manual laborers to keep everything from falling apart.
Also, the jobs that pay decently will start to not pay decently. And now we’re back at square one
Actually worse than square one, because in this scenario, nobody’s picking up the trash.