[lbo-talk] on the books and off

[andie nachgeborenen]

> So on a rough initial reckoning, less than 0.4% of
> all homes in America
> used Merry Maid last year -- the big fish in the
> field.  And if we include
> all the other people who live in apartments like me
> (and why not?  Every
> household has housework), we're talking 0.2% of all
> households in America
> who employed these people.
> 
> It seems like even when we add in all the others,
> this is going to end up
> an extremely marginal phenomenon.  And this is after
> 20 years of
> development.

The services are expensive. I got an estimate from one
in Evanston about a year ago. It would cost about $500
for an initial cleaning, and $100 a week for a weekly
cleaning, or $125 for a biweekly cleaning. That's a
lot for a cleaning that doesn't involve laundry!

jks

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