The Unaffordability of Living Alone

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Lizzy Pete is a researcher at the Economist based in New York. By our calculations, even basic apartments are now unaffordable for the average person. So how exactly does this index work? We developed a defined cities where a studio apartment is within reach for the average earner using pay data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The former president has been hit with a new set of charges, under a catch-all racketeering act that has been used to prosecute everyone from rappers to teachers. It’s Mr Trump’s fourth indictment, but perhaps the most unusual. Ukraine’s new, surprisingly effective innovation: the “candy bomb” (10:10). And, the most expensive American cities to live alone (17:30).

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