Sounds like they aren't paying enough. If people demanded what they needed to live a decent life, they would either have to get it or the companies would wake up and relocate more quality jobs to lower COL locations.
Problem is, soon as everyone starts demanding more, then the cost of everything else goes up. There is limited space, and those people making the most, will pay the most regardless. Just a never ending cycle.
Yep, supply and demand can't be overcome. I suspect raising minimum wage must have the same effect over time as well.
My point was that more good jobs would be relocated and distributed across the country to cheaper cities
A lot of folks are also immigrants, who need to wait close to a decade to become citizens to be able to demand anything.