Just like you can't compare living 40 years ago to today......

That was then. This is now. Listen I'm not saying it isn't bullshit because it is. But simply snapping fingers and making everyone earn 30$ isn't feasible.

Actually to buy a 200,000 house at 13.80 min wage you have to work 14,492 hours.

To buy a house in 1980 for 47,500 at 3.10 min wage you have to work 15,322 hours.

I went back 40 years. Not sure if that's appropriate for the "boomer" term. Sorry if it's not

To be fair. You aren't meant to raise a family on min wage. It's enough for a person by themselves to get by.

Efficiency apartments in my area are not "apartments" its a bedroom with a shared kitchen/living area.

Absolutely it has. It's getting scary.

At 13.80 an hour for 40 hr week you wouldn't be able to afford 600$ a month? Wow. When I was making 8$ an HR I was paying 400$ a month to rent a room. It should be easy to swing.

I agree. But that's not how it is. This is why we have programs in place to help. The first year I worked where I'm working now I got qualified for free care through Belfast because I only made 14k in 11 months. That was 8 years ago. And they paid for my back surgery. I was renting a room off someone for 100$ a week making 8$ an hour. And got 130$ a month in food stamps. The programs help a lot.

Probably not in Portland. In Belfast they have some that have shared kitchens so it's just a bedroom you rent. But like I said. If you are single it'll do until you can get a better job and make more

You can still find em. 1 bedroom with shared kitchens. It's not glamorous by any means but if you are making min wage then you shouldn't be expecting a 3 bedroom 2 bath townhouse

No ones talking about available housing. Just what you would be able to do with a certain amount of money.....

Food stamps..free healthcare. Things like this help when you are poor as dirt

Single person living in a efficiency apartment paying 600 a month could swing it

That's how they calculate it. This is actually a huge cost of living increase. It was like 20 or 30 cents last year I think. Now it's 1.10. tells you how much trouble we are in.

This law was passed what 5years ago? Started at 10$ then a dollar every year until 12 then it's cost of living increase every year after that. This will happen every january

Lol. Not just old town. You should Google "harbor hog" haha

This is a joke right? This can't be a real post can it? Wait. Is op from out of state?

I chose soul crushing credit card debt. But to each their own!

Start a bonfire and put a "free beer" sign on driveway.

Helluvalot better then hearing "go get a switch!"

Warnings are free. Remember mama yelling at you for doing something stupid but didn't ground you? That was a warning..and it's better then the alternative

Edit: also I'm sure it's for snow removal so this will happen every year about the same time if it is

Yeah I know they don't cut checks anymore. That was 20 years ago. And thanks for the explanation. Makes sense

Not bad. So are the panels not producing enough for you to be off the grid all together? Why are you still paying cmp every month when you are producing your own power? Sorry for the ignorance but the last time I was around solar was a buddies house and cmp was cutting him checks for like 50$ a month

So 5800$? So you are still out 14k. At 150$ a month electric bill you are saving it will take about 8 years for you to break even on the cost. That's not too bad if you have the up front capital. Now do they (cmp) cut you checks still every month if you produce more than you use?

How much of a credit are you going to get?