The $15.50 guy would have some people lined up. It’d be appealing for people who needed a job short term, quickly, and wanted the decreased competition for it.

Not a bunch of people would be lined up there, but it wouldn’t be no one.

Depends on the job. We have labor positions that pay $18, but demand a little bit of physical labor. It’s hard to fill those positions.

10 years ago, people would line up for that job for less than $10/hr and the work was much, much harder. Something has definitely changed

Expenses have changed.

My apartment I paid $700/month for in 2011 is now over $2000/month.

When ex to expenses outpace wages more than 2:1, eventually it catches up and people can’t afford to live where the work is.