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Interns at Facebook, Google Out-Earn the Average American (axios.com)
Alayna Treene, writing for Axios: Long gone are the days of unpaid internships, at least at these 25 companies who are paying interns more than what the average American earns. Tech and finance interns in particular -- including at Google, Bloomberg, BlackRock, and Facebook -- earn more per month than the average American, according to data released by Glassdoor Tuesday.
"There are multi-generational families in Appalachia who have never known a typical work environment."
Citation needed -- you can't collect welfare for more than 5 years of your entire life. About the only benefit you can get that's not time limited is disability or food stamps.
I think it just brings attention to how insane and dysfunctional California is.
Median income in California is well above the national level. Rising housing prices are actually a benefit if you already own your house, as most people do.
It also begs the question ...
No it doesn't. It raises the question. Begging the question means something completely different.
... why the hell would anyone want to live like that.
1. High salaries that more than offset the high housing cost.
2. Making even more money as your house appreciates.
3. The best public schools in the country are in Silicon Valley
4. Lots of very interesting work