>>>>>http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_291014622.html
>>>>
>>>>So, you're hoping for the minimum wage to be upped to $26/hour? ;-)
>>>lol
>>>
>>>Well, I will start collecting Social Security in January. A 2% increase has been announced for Social Security. With my Social Security check I will not have enough to pay my rent. It all makes me feel so good.
>>>
>>>Now if I stick around doing the job I have now I will soon die and will not have to worry about a thing. There must be more to life then this! :)
>>>
>>>My Social Security check will give me the equivalent of $11.63 an hour.
>>
>>
>>Hi tom
>>
>>with the dollar at 2 to the pound you will be almost exactly on the UK official minimum wage
>>currently £5.52.
>>
>>As the UK government is sure this is more than enough to live on you'd better move over here.
>>
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6425965.stm
>>
>>I have a spare room and I'll be happy to sub let it to you.
>>
>>Nick
>
>I will be right there with my wife! :) By the way we have no pets so that is one less problem to contend with! :)
>
>Our daughter loves England and the people she has met and has been there twice.
>
>A local newspaper article printed this week stated that there are 16,000 low cost rentals for seniors in San Jose (bigger population than San Francisco). The article cited a lady paying $600 a month, who receives $1700 a month from Social Security.
>
>Two days later on the radio I heard that there are over 165,000 people living in San Jose over 65 years old. Considering the average rent I can only conclude that many of the people over 65 living here have a good source of income and do not depend upon social security as his/her sole source of income.

Can't you summise that many of them have already bought and paid for their accomm.?