kii said:

SCIENCE said:

OK

The couple live in a two-bedroom apartment a short walk from Valentina’s daycare centre. Child care alone costs them $US2,000 a month, and that’s after they have secured a discount. Despite earning a combined $US250,000 a year, they say there is little left in the bank at the end of each month. “After rent, day care, I still have student loans, our regular bills, groceries, car — it all adds up and then we’re left with nothing,” Mallorie says.

sure

OK

Reference?
Also student loan repayments are painfully high, iirc depending on what qualification the person/people acquired and how much they earn.

It seems the USA system is set up to exploit students with living on campus.
It must hugely push up the costs and is sold as a right of passage to adulthood almost