The last ~$10 an hour of wage increases have basically washed off my back. Meaning i feel like I’m in the same position or worse compared to when i made less. Food and housing especially have felt unmanageable for years where I live.
I can see middle age on the horizon and I’m still very paycheque to paycheque
The average 1BR apartment here an hour’s drive from the near city is up to 1500 minimum per month. Honestly probably more I’ve got had to look for a new place in a while. Cost of food and gas is brutal here too. I’ve had a small family this entire time but we haven’t improved our quality of life much if at all.
Like I said average to me would be everyone I know being paycheck to paycheck and not having $1000 to scrape together if something bad happened in their life. To be honest I couldn’t care less what some @lemmy account has to say about the situation. You’re either in this situation yourself or you’re an outlier as I said before.
Single income earners that are reasonably young (under theirs 40s) without kids or dependents usually have, to them at least, quite a sizable amount of spendable income compared to those with a variety of bills/dependents (kids, homes/rent, healthcare for said kids and themselves, god forbid they also have pets or student debt as well or existing medical debt).
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The last ~$10 an hour of wage increases have basically washed off my back. Meaning i feel like I’m in the same position or worse compared to when i made less. Food and housing especially have felt unmanageable for years where I live.
I can see middle age on the horizon and I’m still very paycheque to paycheque
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The average 1BR apartment here an hour’s drive from the near city is up to 1500 minimum per month. Honestly probably more I’ve got had to look for a new place in a while. Cost of food and gas is brutal here too. I’ve had a small family this entire time but we haven’t improved our quality of life much if at all.
Yes you’re an outlier you have no idea how the average American lives. I’ve never known anyone to just have $1000 on hand to settle an emergency.
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Like I said average to me would be everyone I know being paycheck to paycheck and not having $1000 to scrape together if something bad happened in their life. To be honest I couldn’t care less what some @lemmy account has to say about the situation. You’re either in this situation yourself or you’re an outlier as I said before.
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Why libs gotta write like this?
Single income earners that are reasonably young (under theirs 40s) without kids or dependents usually have, to them at least, quite a sizable amount of spendable income compared to those with a variety of bills/dependents (kids, homes/rent, healthcare for said kids and themselves, god forbid they also have pets or student debt as well or existing medical debt).