In addition to the people working multiple part time minimum wage jobs to get by, there are other time costs associated with being poor.<p>Poor often don&#x27;t have a personal vehicle, so many hours per week can be spent on a bus, bike, or walking, especially in places with less public transport.<p>Now the following probably doesn&#x27;t apply to poor in cities, where you often have amenities in easy walking distance, but in the area I live they are quite applicable. Every time you need to go pick up groceries, you have to take public transit to the grocery store, and you can only buy what you can carry back, so you&#x27;ll have to go more often than someone who can load up a trunk. Add on the fact that many low end housing rentals don&#x27;t have washer&#x2F;dryer units, the nearest may be miles away, so you get to take public transit with your laundry and spend a couple hours at the laundromat.<p>Where I&#x27;m at, those two things alone could easily eat 10-20 hours of your week.