It's next to impossible to pay the rent working full time for minimum wage, new report calculates

[linkboy]

Unfortunately for big towns or cities, rent is getting really screwy. I use to live in Newmarket and I've heard it's getting rough out there. Currently reside in a two bedroom for 1000 inclusive in Peterborough, so I'd say me and my wife got real lucky.

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I live in Minneapolis and its getting bad here too. A two bedroom is about 1100 and up.

My fiancee and I are paying 1309 for ours, and were on the verge of being priced out of it.

 

[StallionDan]

Well yea? It's the downtown core... Get something further and you'll be fine. At minimum wage I wouldn't expect to afford something in the downtown core.

At minimum wage I'd expect at least a 1 hour commute into work.

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Speaking for London, more like 3 hours, and we have great public transport here. Pretty much any less than 2 hour commute area has high prices because it it less than 2 hours commute.

 

[Hogendaz85]

I can barely do it on my income living near Ann Arbor I had to recently get a second job and I make more than minimum. It's been a very financially depressing summer