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April 09, 2008
I hate this place.
33 Days & Counting Until We Blow This Popsicle Stand
I tried to bond with Connecticut, but it was not to be. I cannot recommend this state except to those thrilled with snow and grumpy Yankees who say ‘ayah.’
Reason No. 1: Growing impoverishment.
Connecticut’s per capital income figures show that it is not only No. 1 again, but by a larger margin than in the past. However, “minus the millionaires, the rest of us are pretty ordinary, which is to say we struggle.”
One –quarter of households spend more than 50% of their income on housing.
Over 70% of the jobs expected to be created in the next 6 years will pay $19.23 per hour or less – while Connecticut’s “housing wage” – what you have to earn to afford a typical two-bedroom apartment, is up to more than $21 an hour now.
Many people are “one blown carburetor, one furlough, one emergency room visit from homelessness."
Posted by Sue at April 9, 2008 08:47 PM
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Unfortunately, those statistics sound like much of the nation. When we lived in LA, the wage was higher, but the rest of the stats were the same: 50% or more of income paid for housing, most people without enough money in the bank to avoid homelessness in the face of crisis. And here in Utah, though beautiful and much friendlier, the average wage lags the housing wage by about 25%.
If there's a place in the U.S. where poverty is not growing, I haven't heard of it.
Posted by: DJ at April 11, 2008 10:00 AM