Because bike mechanic isn’t a job that’s going to exist outside of areas where large amounts of people ride bikes, hence my original point of it probably not being a job outside high cost living areas in the US which tend higher density
that the lower COL areas. So a 38k median wage isn’t going to be remotely livable in any of those areas.
Do smaller cities and towns not have bike shops in the US? My city has roughly 200k residents and I can think of at least 5 different bike shops on the top of my head.
This is highly anecdotal but I live in a suburb of the 3rd largest city in my state I know of one bike shop in the area and Google tells me there’s a hand full of others within like 20 miles of me. Also for good measure the reviews on one of them says it’s staffed by volunteers.
I think my broader point still stands. There are things one can influence and there are ones they can’t. Where people live is one of the things they can. Living in a large city is expensive so one needs to earn more to sustain that. However that’s not the only place to live. I most certainly have the lowest income of my friend group but I’m also by far the wealthiest because of how much cheaper my living expenses are. My mortgage for a house is half of what they’re paying in rent a month for a small apartment equally far away from the city centre. They just choose to live in the capital so their living expenses are so much higher that despite the higher wage they have nothing to show for it. Also, I started my own business because I got tired of working for others and despite having zero experience and nobody helping me I still managed to make it work so if I can do it, anyone can.
I just get incredibly frustrated with the apparent apathy online of people just blaming external factors about their circumstances as if they’ve got no control over anything themselves. So many of the struggles people deal with are self-inflicted. This equally applies to my fellow entrepreneurs as well who are not happy where they’re at. They have all the control over their business but they still choose to follow the same path as everyone else while expecting different results.
Below average doesn’t equal bad. If the wage covers your living expenses and you have money left over even after that then what does more money achieve? Nothing. Unless you want to keep up with the Joneses.
Ok but average across an entire country is not average in low cost of living areas, if a person is making the countries median in a low cost of living area that would mean their making of the median for the area they live in. Wages will rise and fall depending on cost of living.
Because bike mechanic isn’t a job that’s going to exist outside of areas where large amounts of people ride bikes, hence my original point of it probably not being a job outside high cost living areas in the US which tend higher density that the lower COL areas. So a 38k median wage isn’t going to be remotely livable in any of those areas.
Do smaller cities and towns not have bike shops in the US? My city has roughly 200k residents and I can think of at least 5 different bike shops on the top of my head.
Yes, there are several bike shops in my big town of 100k in the USA
This is highly anecdotal but I live in a suburb of the 3rd largest city in my state I know of one bike shop in the area and Google tells me there’s a hand full of others within like 20 miles of me. Also for good measure the reviews on one of them says it’s staffed by volunteers.
I think my broader point still stands. There are things one can influence and there are ones they can’t. Where people live is one of the things they can. Living in a large city is expensive so one needs to earn more to sustain that. However that’s not the only place to live. I most certainly have the lowest income of my friend group but I’m also by far the wealthiest because of how much cheaper my living expenses are. My mortgage for a house is half of what they’re paying in rent a month for a small apartment equally far away from the city centre. They just choose to live in the capital so their living expenses are so much higher that despite the higher wage they have nothing to show for it. Also, I started my own business because I got tired of working for others and despite having zero experience and nobody helping me I still managed to make it work so if I can do it, anyone can.
I just get incredibly frustrated with the apparent apathy online of people just blaming external factors about their circumstances as if they’ve got no control over anything themselves. So many of the struggles people deal with are self-inflicted. This equally applies to my fellow entrepreneurs as well who are not happy where they’re at. They have all the control over their business but they still choose to follow the same path as everyone else while expecting different results.
Ok cool but my main original point still stands 38k median in the US is not a good wage.
Below average doesn’t equal bad. If the wage covers your living expenses and you have money left over even after that then what does more money achieve? Nothing. Unless you want to keep up with the Joneses.
Ok but average across an entire country is not average in low cost of living areas, if a person is making the countries median in a low cost of living area that would mean their making of the median for the area they live in. Wages will rise and fall depending on cost of living.