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In reply to the discussion: A Minimum-Wage Worker Can't Afford A 2-Bedroom Apartment Anywhere in the US [View all]a la izquierda
(11,806 posts)Have you been to Morgantown? No? Good. Let me tell you about it.
Its usually ranked as the Number 1 party school. The traffic is horrendous. It is something like 14% higher than he national average (last I checked) for housing. Gas and groceries are more expensive. There are maybe three neighborhoods that arent overrun by students, whom I teach every day and I feel no obligation or desire to be near them at any other point in my day. I walk through downtown Friday and Saturday mornings dodging piles of vomit and puke. My car has been broken into three times- know what it costs to replace broken automatic windows? House in my nice neighborhood have been robbed or targeted for home invasions. Ive walked out of my house to find used syringes on my walkway. I cant run in the parks or along the river without pepper spray.
So no, Im not buying a poorly built condo where my students party and where junkies get high. Im not spending $150K for a 900 square foot house that needs probably $60K of work. Ill move to suburban Pittsburgh (or god willing, out of this dying country) and put my money elsewhere.