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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree. Some class bias showing here. I know plenty of young people working at mall stores and restaurants and the like, perfectly happy. They probably won't want to do it forever but there is nothing wrong with being an Uber driver or a temp or a waiter for a few years. [/quote]

Agree but there are many cities where doing those things will be much closer to a living wage. And let's be realistic - waiters and uber drivers don't typically end up in high paying jobs down the line. DC being what it is, breaking out of those jobs would be doubly hard. This is a place people with masters degrees from top universities come to work for slave wages at non profits and fight tooth and nail to get those jobs. It's a place where people take unpaid internships just for the experience. There's very very little upward mobility in DC in my experience. Having lived in many cities, I think DC as fantastic, but it's not a place to move sans job and with a bucket of hope. For that, try Dallas, chicago, Austin.

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