well what kind of work do you do?

Take STT, for example..."Tourism" is the only industry, so, odds are, that you will be employed in this field, to one degree or another....which basically makes this a service industry....a hotel maid, for example, making $8/hr, is going to find it very difficult to get by on $320/week...$16,640 per year, lessee....my rent is $1,500, so I've already got $18,000 wrapped up in a place to sleep! Now, obviously, there are other jobs here that pay more than $8/hr, but this kind of puts things into perspective.....but $6/gallon for milk, $3.50 for gas, $21/carton for cigs...these things add up! We don';t have much 'middle' class....the majority would be lower income...but, a waitress in a nice restaurant can walk with a couple hundred per night in tips, so she's having a much better time than the maid...

I was basically an administrative assistant in the real world. I found a job as a reservations agent at a large resort on STX. Husband was in design and construction of commerical kitchens and he got a GOOD job as the Rooms Division Manager at the same resort.

But I also have retirement income as a retired city government employee. We could not live as we do on just our 2 salaries.