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minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down7·1 month agoThat’s well below the poverty line wages. That’s dirt poor in almost any part of the country let alone Manhattan, one of the most expensive cities in the U.S.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 month agoFrezik was talking about the $100K, not the $11K.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 month agoNot really. Poverty line in New York City for two adults/two children is $43,890. https://robinhood.org/news/annual-poverty-tracker-report-by-robin-hood-and-columbia-finds-nyc-poverty-increased-from-18-percent-to-23-percent-in-2022-a-jump-from-1-5-to-2-million-new-yorkers-living-in-poverty/ Edit: also keep in mind that New Yorkers often don’t need a car. That’s a huge yearly spending reduction.
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoYeah, as the other person pointed out, I was pointing to the 11K per year comment. Maybe a typo?
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoHe thinks you mean 11K/year, and you think he means 100k/year. Just trying to help out… :)
That’s well below the poverty line wages. That’s dirt poor in almost any part of the country let alone Manhattan, one of the most expensive cities in the U.S.
Frezik was talking about the $100K, not the $11K.
Not really. Poverty line in New York City for two adults/two children is $43,890.
https://robinhood.org/news/annual-poverty-tracker-report-by-robin-hood-and-columbia-finds-nyc-poverty-increased-from-18-percent-to-23-percent-in-2022-a-jump-from-1-5-to-2-million-new-yorkers-living-in-poverty/
Edit: also keep in mind that New Yorkers often don’t need a car. That’s a huge yearly spending reduction.
Yeah, as the other person pointed out, I was pointing to the 11K per year comment. Maybe a typo?
He thinks you mean 11K/year, and you think he means 100k/year. Just trying to help out… :)
NYC or Manhattan?