How do minimum wage workers who live paycheck to paycheck sleep at night?

[svicious22]

I slept a lot better when I was closer to that situation years ago than I do now when I am "comfortable" by comparison. At least when you have that kind of job you truly leave it, for a while, when the shift ends rather than marinating in the accumulated stresses 24/7 that seem to accompany most well-paying jobs.

[Yandel19]

Originally Posted by jade408

A better question is about people in high cost metro areas. The crappiest one bedroom apartment here in the bay area is $1000.

You can't live on minimum wage in NYC. Earning 8.75 cannot even get you a room in the ghetto.

[FBJ]

Originally Posted by Yandel19

You can't live on minimum wage in NYC. Earning 8.75 cannot even get you a room in the ghetto.

Minimum wage is not meant to live on in any city and should only be used as a supplement to your primary income.

[Kesso]

Originally Posted by FBJ

Minimum wage is not meant to live on in any city and should only be used as a supplement to your primary income.

Some people have no choice.
In some areas even minimum jobs are hard to find. Of why me and my wife were forced to move.
Five months, hundreds of applications, doing curses to be more desirable, very few interviews, and no job.
Where we move however, she got a job within two weeks, and many calls and interviews. In those two weeks we had done applications to the whole town and beyond (covered 7 miles in 3 directions. The east part of town had nothing around.
In this town we did all on foot (no public transportation, doesn't even have sidewalks) , but in the city we were at before, we covered a much bigger area as there was transportation, but then again no job there.

She has a job now and doing well, but now we are very far away from family and friends. Can't really afford moving now, or in near future. Will stay around for a few years at least. To acquire experience and more skills set.