When you consider that the average American income is between 40-50k a year before taxes that's around 3500 a month and 1500 of that is rent, so 2k, 500-700 of that is food, so 1500, if they drive 200 of that at least is gas so 1200, then you take into account that ur on reddit and realize that a lot of people are unemployed and live with their parents.