What It’s REALLY Like to Live On $25 An Hour In New York City

I had a lot of questions about her. First off, who makes $25/hour as an intern, double the New York state minimum wage? How does her family afford to give her $3,200 in cash every month — an “allowance” on top of their immense contribution of paying for her rent? How can someone who works out at Equinox, which costs $210 per month, be unable to “carry [her] purse, weekend bag, and work briefcase on a 20-minute walk,” and instead have to pay $5 for a Lyft? What 21-year-old lives in the West Village and has a weekend “Hamptons trip”?

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