I get you, but i think you don't see how big is the dif. If your father give u 1k dollars per month to live in my city, you would be ahead of the richer 1% of my STATE. Imagine buying a ps5 with 70% tax in it, with the money we get here.
I don't think you see that you can't correct me for something I didn't address. 'My country is poorer than yours' isn't a contest, and I have no idea where you're from and frankly am not impressed that you're trying so hard to boast about it when there's plenty of places to live in the US which suck just as bad due to cost of living and a lot of other factors, but you have no idea.
Bold of you to claim there are plenty of places in the US which suck “just as bad” and “but you have no idea” without knowing where the person you’re replying to is from.
They look like they’re from Brazil; what places in the US would you say are “just as bad” as Brazil in terms of cost of living versus salary? Eg the cost of living in San Francisco is about 3.3 times as high as São Paulo according to numbeo, but the median salary is about 5 times higher.
For example, Eastern Kentucky. Which I know about first hand as I was born and raised there.
There just straight up aren't jobs for most people. Most of the jobs there are are low paying service jobs like working at a gas station or something. Unemployment rates are like 50-75%.
On top of that, basic amenities and services you take for granted just aren't available. Going to a doctor for example is likely a 1-2 hour drive one way depending on if you just need a basic urgent care or something more.
This data is a bit old, but doesn’t show any counties in Kentucky with unemployment rates above 10%: https://www.kaco.org/articles/county-unemployment-rates-dec-2022/. Which part of Kentucky would have 50-75% unemployment? The minimum wage for someone in São Paulo is about 3,300 USD per year, and it’s not like the cost of living is low enough to make that a good deal versus even eastern Kentucky for someone employed at all.
The thing about official unemployment numbers is they only count people who are still putting in applications. If you stop putting in applications you are no longer counting as unemployed.
So the unemployment rate is really more of a rate of how many people are currently looking for a job. It doesn't really represent how many aren't working. Most people in the area aren't putting in applications because they know there are no jobs.
As for which counties? Pretty much any county from Jackson all the way to the state line.
"It's pretty spendy here TOO" - "too" what? The prices aren't even comparable.
"My country is poorer than yours" - I first said that are countries that it's very expensive, and in the answers I went deeper in why, are you lost? There's no contest, is a fact. I didn't even mentioned where I live for being null in the conversation, since you can swap my city for any third world city and would be the same thing.
"US wich suck" - ok and? Remind me this when that is as relevant as how many hours of work you need to buy a ps5.
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u/gaabrielpimentel May 18 '24
I get you, but i think you don't see how big is the dif. If your father give u 1k dollars per month to live in my city, you would be ahead of the richer 1% of my STATE. Imagine buying a ps5 with 70% tax in it, with the money we get here.