How much more than New York's minimum wage do you get paid?

[Al B. Sure!]

I find it interesting that you consider your time to be worth so little.

So does BNY Mellon.

[giblets]

I guess Alby just loves Philly almost as much as he loves the USMC

[The Mad Monk]

Philadelphia to Wilmington, DE by train.

Ah, by train makes it much better. At least you're not suffering driving through stop-and-go traffic.

[The Mad Monk]

I find it interesting that you consider your time to be worth so little.

You can play a lot of Civ on the train...

[Aeson]

Apolyton doesn't earn NY minimum wage ... we should STRIKE!

[My Wife Hates CIV]

I do ok

[Dinner]

I made more than that as a teenager 20 years ago.

[Dinner]

Their loss, because market forces do decide what you get paid, and complaining about it is like complaining about the tide.

Less frequently then you'd think. Or at least the supply and demand curve can be manipulated very easily via regulations. A fair portion of my work would probably get skipped over if it wasn't a legal requirement and the supply gets much more restricted due to the licensing requirements.

It would be dishonest for me not to admit that is part of the reason I get paid so well.

[Aeson]

Their loss, because market forces do decide what you get paid, and complaining about it is like complaining about the tide.

You must not have heard of the Netherlands and unions ...

[Aeson]

well if by markets forces you mean anything that affects the market in some way, then i suppose. however, i don't think that's what most people mean when they use it; i certainly don't think that's what reg meant.

Yah, reg was implying that complaining about what you get paid has no effect on what you get paid.

[Aeson]

My commute takes about half a second ... I reach down and pick up my cell phone when I wake up in the morning ... verify the internet is still working ... and then go back to sleep if I haven't earned enough money yet to make me feel good about the day.

While I don't earn $15/hr, it's 24/7 365.25, and the "work" part is mostly playing games.

[kentonio]

Can we pretend that I studied finance and economics and am a logistician? You're not going to stumble on something I don't already know.

Given your past history of completely ****ing things up, and your current situation of having a horribly inefficient commute leading to a wildly underpaid job, perhaps its time you started listening to people again instead of assuming you know it all already?

[Al B. Sure!]

Given your past history of completely ****ing things up, and your current situation of having a horribly inefficient commute leading to a wildly underpaid job, perhaps its time you started listening to people again instead of assuming you know it all already?

This post does not make any sense given Imran's post and my response. For the circumstance of my commute, there is nothing he nor anyone else has said that has been of value that has not already been evaluated and dismissed. What am I supposed to listen to? Frankly, his suggestions completely ignored physical and fiscal restrictions largely because he did not know or address any specifics of the circumstance ($58/day for Amtrak and being unaware of the 8.5 miles I would still need to cover on foot/bus from taking Amtrak, the fact that train schedules do not coincide with getting off from work which should be obvious, etc.).

Or do I listen to pchang who very evidently and understandably doesn't know just how bad Wilmington DE and Chester PA are and that they are equivalent to Camden NJ as among the worst places to live in America.

So no, I'm not going to listen to these 'ideas' because they have no basis, which is understandable because no poster here was aware of any specifics.

The fact is, I'm not going to move anywhere with less opportunities than a major metropolitan center (Philadelphia), especially not for an unfulfilling job with no advancement opportunities paying me below market wage for the position.

The commute is the least of the problems here.

[pchang]

Moving is easy for a single guy with few possessions. If I could not find another job, I would consider the other end of the train line, Newark DE. Median income is decent and there are only 82 men for 100 women (over age 18). It is a college town too.

As to the OP - varies, but usually around 10x when you include everything.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Basically, Alby, you don't want to find an alternative and therefore have doomed yourself to excuse making to keep in your current situation. Basically none of us are entirely sure why you are so opposed to moving anywhere... even if its closer to the train station in Philly.