10-06-2011, 06:45 PM
August West wrote:
Rgr did specify "an urban job," remind me again the metropolis you inhabit, kj? I thought you were from the sticks.
Here in Boise it's a thin line between urban and the sticks. Our cost of living is not low, and they live less than 5min. from the city center. I understand there are places you can't live on a grocery store wage, but I don't know what that really means.
Another interesting thing is that Boise was a favorite destination for immigrants (legal and otherwise), but case workers can no longer find work for them, so they are not coming here (which bums me out, honestly). In this economy, people who were previously able to find better jobs, are now taking the jobs that were plentiful for immigrants (which speaks to the original point). And you can live modestly on those kinds of jobs (in many places). We are moving toward a standard of living that is closer to that of most of the rest of the world. We're desperately trying to avoid it, but it's going to happen. kj.