[aj7]

No one will hire the people you are describing. We had 3.5% unemployment, before Trump began destroying the world economy. People in most fast food restaurants are making $30k. In fact the “entry level workers” and “illegals” were relatively happy. It’s the middle class workers who vary between desperate and enraged, because $45-$65k does not approximate the expectations raised in their childhood. What I’m saying is vastly oversimplified, but you get my drift. There is tremendous housing shortage, due to government policies that surreptitiously favored rising prices for incumbent homeowners, and corporate speculators. Healthcare is apportioned according to education level. Food is remarkably expensive.

[AngryData]

Maybe where you live people making under $30K for even the lowest entry level job is exceedingly rare, but there are still ass tons of people earning below that, especially in rural areas. Half of US states have a median wage under $40K, that leaves a LOT of room for jobs paying below $30K. And no those people are not happy, yeah housing is cheaper, but goods and services are not. Amazon doesn't charge you less for living in Mississippi instead of New York. Many stores that do still exist farther out have higher shelf markups too except for the highest demand bulk products where competition actually exists.