Serious Question to anyone who works in retail

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Did some work with the homeless and we had to sit through a lecture as part of it. And at least in the D.C. area the minimum wage would have to start at at least $11 per hour for people to be able to live hand to mouth. Kinda sad.

at 21 I was making 13/hr in Manassas, VA (well living in Nokesville) and was only able to survive because I was only paying 400/mo in rent because it was a very tiny family house and the rent was just to cover the property taxes

that same sub-900sq ft house is now renting for 1300/mo.. no clue how, but it is... there's a lot of land but I don't think that the people are using it

I probably could've budgeted a bit better but oh well... it's definitely tough

I've been looking at prices of moving closer to DC (somewhere somewhat near metro access) and the prices are crazy.. I'd have to get a pretty decent job again and rent a room out in a house..