SB> DM>Costs vary greatly depending upon the region where a person lives.  I 
do
SB>   >know what housing costs or anything else costs where you live, but I'm 
s
SB>   >that the idea of paying #650 a month for a studio apartment in a slum 
to
SB>   >is rediculous, but here it's a fact of life.
SB> 
SB> A fact of life in much of New Jersey, too.  I read a very sobering
What Charles seems to forget in many of his comments, is that no everyone has 
the pleasure of living somewhere where the rents are cheap, and wages are 
reasonable.  
 
It's an economic reality that the more people you crowd into a small area, 
he
higher the cost of living and the lower the pay scale is, based on that cost 
of living.  As an example, here in San Diego  a couple of years ago, they did 
a survey on the cost of living.  It was estimated that a single parent with 
two children needed to earn approximately $1200-1300 a month after taxes, to 
survive.  With approximaltey 2 million people in the metro area, and little 
industry, wages aren't all that high, (hovering around $9-10 an hour 
verage).
 
Dennis Martin
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