#OOR23 shows how difficult it is for renters to find affordable housing. Find out how much a renter must earn to afford a modest home at https://nlihc.org/oor
This site has these sorts of stats for each state.
You did not prove the study wrong. The study looked at average rents across the state. Finding a cheap apartment in Lewisburg is not the same as finding something in Lower Merion.
Yes, you started and ended by saying you have technically proven the study wrong. In the middle, you pulled some sample numbers from various sources and agreed with the general premise that the cost of living is too damn high. But then you went back to claiming to have technically disproven the study. Which you didn’t, not in any sense.
The study says you need to work 150 hours a week to rent a modest one bedroom apartment in Pennsylvania.
I demonstrated that you do not.
I’m sorry that doesn’t agree with whatever narrative you’re after, but this is honestly the dumbest argument I’ve seen on Lemmy in a long while. I’m going to go do something else now.
You did not prove the study wrong. The study looked at average rents across the state. Finding a cheap apartment in Lewisburg is not the same as finding something in Lower Merion.
Did you actually read my reply?
Yes, you started and ended by saying you have technically proven the study wrong. In the middle, you pulled some sample numbers from various sources and agreed with the general premise that the cost of living is too damn high. But then you went back to claiming to have technically disproven the study. Which you didn’t, not in any sense.
I did, in fact disprove the study. I found an apartment for under the claimed amount. I then went on to explain exactly why that doesn’t matter.
Context is king.
Right, that doesn’t disprove the study, though.
The study says you need to work 150 hours a week to rent a modest one bedroom apartment in Pennsylvania.
I demonstrated that you do not.
I’m sorry that doesn’t agree with whatever narrative you’re after, but this is honestly the dumbest argument I’ve seen on Lemmy in a long while. I’m going to go do something else now.
On average. You demonstrated it is possible somewhere in Pennsylvania. That’s not even close to the same thing.