Or when it'll "pay" to work at a McDonald's within walking or bicycle distance.
Rent a room from someone and walk to work, yeah, minimum wage works almost everywhere in the US.

I know some people who bought their house a long time ago and can make the payments on min. wage just fine - trouble is, they're often earning less - they're not always working fulltime. But they squeak through, and they live in Huntington Beach! But, no car payments, no cable, no bigscreen, they live a lot like people did in the 1950s or so.