Designer-Election-94 t1_j0v0z13 wrote on December 19, 2022 at 5:06 PM

Reply to comment by NewYorker0 in Thousands of NYC nurses begin vote to authorize strike: 'We were the heroes' by thonioand

30k so figure you’ll bring home after taxes $1500 a month. With rent being $2000 tell me how your going to balance your budget. Tell me how you and someone else each bringing in 30k in a one bedroom are going to balance your budget. SMH

NewYorker0 t1_j0v81w3 wrote on December 19, 2022 at 5:52 PM

First of all you would bring in $2250 after tax with a $30k income, not $1500, you probably pulled that data out of your ass. Then you have to live in a affordable neighborhood, median rent doesn’t matter because half the apartments cost less than the median, then balance out other bills.

Now $30k won’t buy you a home but that’s literally the minimum wage in NYC, a double income in a minimum wage would be almost $60k, as most families are double income this isn’t much of a deal.