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Does min wage even support a studio apartment and like other basic needs?

This was more than a decade ago for me. But I worked 2 jobs doing fast food, lived with four roommates, and wasn't able to contribute to my IRA, go on vacation or have much in savings. And where I could have gotten a studio apartment, then I'd downgrade to eating ramen.