mickeymounds

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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
Totally fair—here are the data and components: Basket (single renter, new lease): 1-BR market rent, basic utilities, staple groceries (~2.1–2.4k kcal/day), local monthly transit. Formula: hours = monthly basket price ÷ typical net ho
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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
Turkey topping the “fewest hours” list doesn’t mean “everything is great”; it just means that for a single renter the price of a minimal basket divided by typical local net hourly pay is low in time terms. We’re measuring affordability in h
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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
Author here. you’re right to flag Switzerland. Our metric is hours of pay for a single new-lease renter, not hours actually worked. But 190 h for Switzerland still looks too high given official anchors. Quick back-of-envelope with public da
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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
Author here. fair critique. We should have led with the basket and methods in plain text. Here they are: What “basic needs” means in our chart (single adult, new lease): Housing: market-rate 1-bedroom rent (current new-lease median, not leg
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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
You’re right to sanity-check. Our number is hours of pay needed for a single renter on a new lease, not hours actually worked. Using your own anchors: if essentials ≈ 70% of median net pay and an effective month is ~140 paid hours (vacation
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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
Quick clarification (re Sweden/Nordics): The 200+ hours isn’t “hours you actually work”; it’s hours of pay needed for a single renter on a new lease to cover a minimal basket (1-BR rent, basic utilities, staple groceries, local transit
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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
TL;DR: The chart is a single-adult, renter affordability ratio (price ÷ typical net wage). It’s not saying “people actually work 11h/day”; it’s saying “if you tried to cover a solo renter basket out of one typical paycheck, you’d need
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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
Here’s a quick SF cut (single renter, bare-bones basket): Basket (monthly): 1-BR rent ≈ $3,515 (citywide avg) Utilities (basic) ≈ $233 Groceries (minimum for one) ≈ $585 Transit pass (Muni) $86 — or $104 with BART-within-SF Total: ≈ $4,350–
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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
Not “9.5h worked each day.” It’s hours of pay needed in a month for a single renter to cover a bare-bones basket. Quick anchor with public data: Tel Aviv non-rent essentials ≈ ₪4,470 + studio/1-bed rent ≈ ₪5,000–6,300 ⇒ ≈ ₪9,500–10,700
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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
Scope note: This index is a floor affordability ratio for non-tradables (rent, utilities, basic food, transit). It doesn’t rate product quality or luxury/tradable goods. Quality: True—quality varies. We use a fixed, minimal basket to a
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by mickeymounds 11mo ago
We measured the work hours/month a typical worker needs to cover a fixed basket (rent, utilities, groceries, transport, essentials). Highlights: U.S. 140.0h (11th of the first 42); winners include Bolivia 80h, Romania 84h. We also list
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Show HN: We priced basic needs in work hours (global ranking and CSVs)(thepricer.org)
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