The Salary Needed To Afford Rent in 10 of the Largest US Cities ---Good grief!!!!!!

[Nictuku]

5. I work in SF, can't afford to live there

... so I have a 2 hour commute! It is hell, but I live in a rural area with trees and birds, so that kind of makes it worth it.

But damn... Who can afford to live in SF any more?

San Francisco, California
Income needed to pay rent: $216,129 I fall very short of that. Very.
Average cost of renting a two-bedroom in 2016: $5,043 (Yikes! That is double what I pay for my mortgage)

I guess the 1% can afford to live there.

And there is so much construction going on in San Francisco right now, it is unbelievable. Who are they building for? What is going to happen when service industry workers can no longer afford the commute? Even with the higher minimum wage, it is impossible.

And for those not familiar with the city, the growing homeless problem is just getting worse. There are no public bathrooms, when doors open at Civic Center station of BART, I can smell the urine. I hold my breath when walking (fast) up the escalator.

I just don't understand how civic leaders don't come to grips with the hard fast reality that human beings need to defecate. Why are there no public restrooms?