Interesting graphs and charts department - Page 20

Lamplighter · 03-19-2012, 06:56 PM

There must be something wrong in the calculations for Nevada,
... 92 hrs out of 160 h/month just for rent ?
...in a State with all those foreclosures and vacant houses.

ZenGum · 03-19-2012, 07:11 PM

Even in the cheapest states, two adults working 40 hours at minimum wage are still spending 3/4 of their combined income on rent alone.

Insert incredulous stare here.

Rhianne · 03-19-2012, 07:36 PM

I bet they waste the rest of their income on food or some other such nonsense.

classicman · 03-19-2012, 07:42 PM

Livin it right here baby! I'm surrounded by that dark blue.

ZenGum · 03-19-2012, 07:46 PM

Anyone else notice that the giant block of US defense spending is almost exactly the same shade of blue as the really expensive housing areas? Coincidence? Conspiracy? or Causal connection?

HungLikeJesus · 03-19-2012, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

There must be something wrong in the calculations for Nevada,
... 92 hrs out of 160 h/month just for rent ?
...in a State with all those foreclosures and vacant houses.

I think that's 92 hours per week, not per month.

HungLikeJesus · 03-19-2012, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Wow. Take out everything but the title and legend, and its still depressing.

eta: add the map back in, and unless I missed one, I live in the maximum.

You might have missed Hawaii.

ZenGum · 03-19-2012, 08:26 PM

Anyone can miss Hawaii, it's so small...

HungLikeJesus · 03-19-2012, 08:58 PM

I wonder of those are based on federal minimum wage (which I think is currently $7.25/hr) or state minimum wage?

I think the table is in error. Here's an example - Colorado minimum wage is $7.64/hr and the table indicates you would need to work 85 hours per week to afford an apartment. That comes out to be $649/week, or $2814/month.

Maybe they mean after taxes, or after taxes and groceries and gas and all other expenses.

Griff · 03-20-2012, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

You might have missed Hawaii.

Said Fred to Amelia.

ZenGum · 03-20-2012, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Said Yamamoto to Amelia.

Lamplighter · 03-20-2012, 08:31 AM

That's what Thor said too.

Happy Monkey · 03-20-2012, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

You might have missed Hawaii.

Ah, so I did.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-22-2012, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I wonder of those are based on federal minimum wage (which I think is currently $7.25/hr) or state minimum wage?

I think the table is in error. Here's an example - Colorado minimum wage is $7.64/hr and the table indicates you would need to work 85 hours per week to afford an apartment. That comes out to be $649/week, or $2814/month.

Maybe they mean after taxes, or after taxes and groceries and gas and all other expenses.

Rent is usually monthly. I got the impression the number was how many hours a month for the rent. Also, nobody could do it in a week on Minimum wage, no matter where you live.

Gravdigr · 03-22-2012, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Rent is usually monthly.

When you talk about rent that minimum wage earners can afford, that rent is quite often by-the-week.

Cheapest place in my town is the local mobile home park. $130/week. But, the water bill is included in the rent.

03-19-2012, 07:11 PM	#287
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Even in the cheapest states, two adults working 40 hours at minimum wage are still spending 3/4 of their combined income on rent alone. Insert incredulous stare here. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-19-2012, 07:42 PM	#289
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Livin it right here baby! I'm surrounded by that dark blue. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-19-2012, 07:46 PM	#290
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Anyone else notice that the giant block of US defense spending is almost exactly the same shade of blue as the really expensive housing areas? Coincidence? Conspiracy? or Causal connection? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-19-2012, 08:26 PM	#293
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Anyone can miss Hawaii, it's so small... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-19-2012, 08:58 PM	#294
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I wonder of those are based on federal minimum wage (which I think is currently $7.25/hr) or state minimum wage? I think the table is in error. Here's an example - Colorado minimum wage is $7.64/hr and the table indicates you would need to work 85 hours per week to afford an apartment. That comes out to be $649/week, or $2814/month. Maybe they mean after taxes, or after taxes and groceries and gas and all other expenses. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

03-19-2012, 06:56 PM	#286
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	There must be something wrong in the calculations for Nevada, ... 92 hrs out of 160 h/month just for rent ? ...in a State with all those foreclosures and vacant houses.

03-19-2012, 07:36 PM	#288
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	I bet they waste the rest of their income on food or some other such nonsense.

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Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	That's what Thor said too.

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