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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Home depot is the most depressing of hardware stores. I wouldn't want to work there even if what this fake ass post says is true.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Also $17/hr is shit pay. You can't even rent an apartment at $17/hr.

[–] thebigslime@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Depends on your area.

Edit: working a full 40hr/wk at $17/hr can afford rent up to ~$880/mo.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

$880 is how much people pay for a bedroom in someones else's house in my city.

*This is mostly because the zoning laws require all new apartment complexes to have one parking space per tenant which means land owners who want to develop their land to provide more density have to put in an underground parking garage on their lot which would make recouping the cost of development pretty much impossible (there's no room for surface lots). My city is almost entirely zoned this way which creates situations where the university is fully surrounded by single family homes that are "renovated" to provide jury rigged density.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thats something like 50 percent of your pay in my area.

[–] thebigslime@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

$17/hr can afford ~$880/mo. rent. Not impossible, especially with a roommate or domestic partner.

[–] Sirfedora@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You forgot about other things like food, probably a car, phone bill.

[–] thebigslime@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I did not. I calculated rent as 30% of income, the level generally considered affordable. Admittedly it is pre-tax income, so arguably the number is a bit lower, but it's a start.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I did it by after tax cause thats how people actually live.

[–] thebigslime@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm renting an apartment at $16 move to a better area.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Surely they need to move to a shitter area.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee -2 points 2 months ago

Assuming lower cost of living means shittier is very home country of you.