These maps show how rent is too damn high across America

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By Madeleine ThomasMay 28, 2015, 7:11 pm85 pts
Brace yourself: The average American worker needs to earn $19.35 an hour to afford rent for a standard two-bedroom apartment. That’s more than two times the current federal minimum wage. Weeping into your laptop yet? I sure am. Tanvi Misra from CityLab has the story: Yes, the American economy is improving,…

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