cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/29706766
Only semi-beautiful, but I tried
Annual cost of living data according to SmartAsset 2025 Report, except for DC which is not included in their reporting.
DC annual cost of living was estimated to be $99,424 per separate data, however it may be outdated. This would place DC as less expensive than 18 states by 2025 numbers, which is probably lower than it should be.
Minimum wage income assumes 40 hours per week by 52 weeks a year at the minimum wage rate.
Absolutely! Plus taking zero time off whatsoever for personal reasons or vacation, as minimum wage or near min wage jobs almost never have high quality time off benefits (outside the few states where it is mandatory to provide it)
Thats what I mean. Its like a lot of these things that are bad that are brought up are also bad in a best case type scenario and when you take into account real life its actually even worse. Its like yeah, if you can keep 40 hours a week and never marry or have kids and never fall ill or you mistakenly had a spouse or kids that did and you to could have half of what you need to have food and shelter.