CityNerd | 12 Cities Normal Humans Can Afford & 10 They Can't @CityNerd | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
If you're wealthy, you can live in any city you want. But even if you live in an expensive city, that city relies on people who make minimum wage -- or close to it -- to function. So which cities are most affordable for the people who make it run, and which are the least? Let's find out.

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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- Pedestrian Nightmare Interchanges: youtu.be/ln5oTdi8CNM
- The 10 Worst State Capitals: youtu.be/07Bw4xRSW3Y
- The 10 Most Affordable Zip Codes: youtu.be/mrl0PagJe18

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Resources:
- Minimum Wage Interactive Tool from teh Economic Policy Institute: epi.org/minimum-wage-tracker
- walkscore.com
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population
- politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/6-simple-reasons-we-should-raise-the-minimum-wage
- meric.mo.gov/data/cost-living-data-series
- irs.gov/newsroom/irs-provides-tax-inflation-adjustments-for-tax-year-2023
- cnbc.com/2021/07/14/how-much-of-your-income-you-should-spend-on-housing.html
- money.com/rent-30-percent-income-norm
- cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/housing-costs-soar-financial-analysts-30-per-cent-rule-1.6894375
- fool.com/the-ascent/mortgages/articles/your-housing-costs-shouldnt-exceed-30-of-your-income-unless-this-one-thing-applies-to-you
- walletgenius.com/home-ownership/can-you-afford-that-house-the-30-rule
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_21st_congressional_district
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_20th_congressional_district
- al.com/news/birmingham/2015/08/birmingham_minimum_wage_increa.html
- nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/birmingham-raises-minimum-wage-alabama-takes-it-away-n526806
- al.com/news/birmingham/2019/12/federal-appeals-court-upholds-dismissal-of-birmingham-minimum-wage-suit.html
- oregonmetro.gov/urban-and-rural-reserves
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_General_Court

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- Supply-demand curve By SilverStar, CC BY 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5670362
- CGoing Out of Business by Flickr user Marius Waltz flickr.com/photos/watz/4758159627 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0
- Unemployment office by Flickr user Bytemarks flickr.com/photos/bytemarks/5409428957 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0

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