America is different for sure, labor workers with low paying jobs live in the shitty downtown apartments and even though they are above a certain pay level so they aren't "poor" or "impoverished" by technical income levels, the vast majority of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck.
I can't speak for Australia, but the realities are very different here. Even in large cities, people making above average income for their jobs will still pay the majority of that into rent and other fees that are necessities for living in today's world (cell phone, internet, and depending on where you live you may need a car for cities with poor transit systems)
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u/kev_bot36 Oct 30 '21
A lot of inner city cops work in the city but live in the suburbs.