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Originally posted by Ginger
See, this is what I was wondering though, and why I was asking about salary in with the question. What you pay for a studio is more than I make in a month, and I have a fairly decent job. Are the salaries in NY just that much higher ie. does an entry level job pay 50k in NY that would pay 25k in Wisconsin? Or are you just suppoed to "make do" and devote 90% of your paycheck to rent?
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But the average salary of anybody who lives in one of those expensive places is obviously going to be higher. As an example, if you work in Milwaukee and make $55k, you live in the west or north suburbs or on the east side or in the new trendy lofts down on Wisconsin. The other people live in Avenues West with all us broke Marquette kids or south of the freeway. I could have an apartment the same size and condition as mine 7 blocks the other way from campus and pay twice as much.
The salary is really dictating where people live. For example, I don't think anybody lives in my hometown who makes less than $30k a year because they couldn't afford anywhere to live. And I don't think anybody would willingly live in my apt building if they weren't a student.