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A comment on People Simply Empty Out (1986). Parent comment
Most people earn enough to live, and would do if they worked 20 hours less, it's just sucked away with various zero sum games like rent.
Imported goods make up a fairly small fraction of the average person's budget with the exception of stuff like, a German car say.
This is precisely what "cost of living" is; in higher competition areas, everything is more expensive.
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Most people earn enough to live, and would do if they worked 20 hours less, it's just sucked away with various zero sum games like rent.
Imported goods make up a fairly small fraction of the average person's budget with the exception of stuff like, a German car say.
This is precisely what "cost of living" is; in higher competition areas, everything is more expensive.