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Originally Posted by Ken Robb
As others have stated rent and other fixed expenses make keeping a shop open very expensive so I don't think we should assume that shop owners are getting rich while underpaying their mechanics. I just wonder where mechanics and other workers in Manhattan live. In 1965 I was a beginner in the corporate ladder in NYC. My office was in Rockefeller Center but I had to live in a "Jr. one-bedroom (L-shaped room with a folding door to create a "bedroom") in Queens to avoid needing a roommate as almost all of my friends did. Heck, when "Friends" hit the TV I was very familiar with the depicted living arrangements.
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I think it is still "Friends" except there are more roommates and the rent is higher.
I had 3 friends working in bike shops. Each had 2-3 roommates in 1-2br apartments on lower east side.