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Could you live on $8 or $9 dollars an hour? A new computer game made by the Urban Ministries of Durham in North Carolina and an advertising firm called McKinney lets you play out life with a low-wage job as a single mom. The objective is to make it a month, juggling getting a job, rent, a place to live, food and coping with the costs of repairs, things for your child, insurance, etc.. Actually a very hard game to play and full of reminders of the difficulties of life on that kind of salary.
Play the game.
[Edit: Guys, guys… unbeknownst to me, Ilya Gerner was all over this a long time ago. I’m so lucky he likes me…]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls5awfSTAZ1qchhhqo1_500.png)
Could you live on $8 or $9 dollars an hour? A new computer game made by the Urban Ministries of Durham in North Carolina and an advertising firm called McKinney lets you play out life with a low-wage job as a single mom. The objective is to make it a month, juggling getting a job, rent, a place to live, food and coping with the costs of repairs, things for your child, insurance, etc.. Actually a very hard game to play and full of reminders of the difficulties of life on that kind of salary.
[Edit: Guys, guys… unbeknownst to me, Ilya Gerner was all over this a long time ago. I’m so lucky he likes me…]
