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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Resources:
- Minimum Wage Interactive Tool from teh Economic Policy Institute: https://www.epi.org/minimum-wage-trac...
- https://www.walkscore.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
- https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamameric...
- https://meric.mo.gov/data/cost-living...
- https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-prov...
- https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/14/how-m...
- https://money.com/rent-30-percent-inc...
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...
- https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/mortg...
- https://walletgenius.com/home-ownersh...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Califor...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Califor...
- https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/20...
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/b...
- https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/20...
- https://www.oregonmetro.gov/urban-and...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ham...

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Images
- Guild 45th By Joe Mabel, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Walmart Cashier By Mike Mozart - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepers..., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Daycare by Flickr User Kids Work Chicago Daycare https://www.flickr.com/photos/1304195... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
- Dishwasher By Khalid Mahmood - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Taco Bell By Anthony92931 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Supply-demand curve By SilverStar, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- CGoing Out of Business by Flickr user Marius Waltz https://www.flickr.com/photos/watz/47... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
- Unemployment office by Flickr user Bytemarks https://www.flickr.com/photos/bytemar... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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