Are European cities expensive? I imagine major ones like London and Berlin are.
Even under capitalism, Germany has it so much better.
How the hell does ANYONE even think of voting for AfD? Because funny 4chan? I know there's no such thing as a douchebag-free community, but goddamn.
French here; if you live in Paris or one of the very largest town and you want to live alone and in town, you can expect to pay about half your salary towards rent if you're paid minimum wage (that's assuming you work 35 hours per week). Free healthcare with that minimum wage, though. And the cost of life - food, internet, etc. is OK.
Here, minimum wage covers about 75-80% of rent if you're living in a slum.
This isn't even in a major city, just a city with 75k residents in Appalachia.
So it's basically impossible to live without co-habitation or tons of roommates. Lots of families end up in the trailer scam. $400/month lot fees, but you 'own' the trailer. Only problem is that they're impossible to move and if you miss lot fees, the slumlord, aka Warren Buffet, can take your home if you don't move it fast enough. Then they turn around and rent it to people in even worse conditions.
Here, minimum wage covers about 75-80% of rent if you’re living in a slum.
This is insane. And so is your description of the trailer thing. No wonder tent cities are popping up all over the US.
And it's not just housing, again - I never have to worry about my health, and even stuff such as Internet is so much less expensive than in the US (I pay 30EUR - ~35USD for a VDSL unlimited internet connection with high bandwidth + TV with 300 channels - don't use it, but still + a landline that can call any mobile or landline in the EU or in the US for free, for example; I imagine such a package would cost quite a bit more in the US).
I come from bumfuck, nowhere - one of the poorest and cheapest areas of the American South - and a single minimum wage income cannot rent you a house here at 50 percent unless you're willing to give up plumbing and electricity. In the slums of major southern cities minimum wage is 80% of the cheapest 1 bed rents, not the other way around. God do o hate this fucking country.
reminds me of when I think Kennedy made a speech in Berlin, and tried to say he was one of them.
"Ich bin ein berliner" he said.
in German, berliner means donut.
tbf the way he said it can also be a correct way of saying he belongs to Berlin, but it still got laughs from lots of Germans at the time.
in German, berliner means donut.
Except in Berlin, were Berliners (the donut kind) are called Pfannkuchen (pancakes).
To make things more confusing, German bakeries also offer a kind of donut that looks like a pancake with sugar glazing and is known as Amerikaner.
$800 bucks a month is considered "too much" for Berliners, who live in the CAPITAL CITY.
:amerikkka-clap: "Third world by choice baby! We're TOO TOUGH for low rent! That money is rightfully porky's!"
