While in a retail store in Williamsburg (a hip area of Brooklyn) I overheard a clerk telling his colleague about an argument between roommates regarding roommate responsibilities. From this, I learned that the guy has 8 roommates in their apartment. Not sure if it is a 2br or 3br, but they all share rooms.
This explains how people live on retail wage in the city. But they all also want to be here. It is a fun place for young singles - with plenty of inexpensive party digs in the outer boroughs and a night scene for all budgets.
8 roommates
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Does NYC need retail workers? Yes, it is a city bursting with all sorts of shops. And yet, there is not enough wage pressure to raise pay rates to anywhere near living wage levels.
Market forces are neither simple, nor as straightforward as it would be comforting to believe.
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