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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Oh have you now?

https://teamedupchina.com/average-salary-in-shenzhen-china/

Public jobs:
Average monthly income: ¥14,321 RMB ($2,010 USD)

And this is 2 years ago.

And yes Shenzhen is all China. WTF do you mean it isn't??

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

He probably meant "not everywhere in China is like Shenzhen", not that Shenzhen isn't entirely in China.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

That's probably true.
But this story is about Shenzhen, so it's irrelevant that the average wage is lower elsewhere, because the rent is probably lower too.
Which was what I pointed out.

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 0 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Exactly. I'm convinced that most people on here can't read bro

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

IMO the point is more that this article IS talking about someone specifically in Shenzen, and a report (PDF) I found shows that the average monthly cost for a 1 bedroom apartment in the city center is just over $800 USD a month with a monthly salary for English teachers of about $2,900 USD a month as of 2020. Sources are at the bottom of the PDF.