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2. Seattle should also be on that list

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2014, 01:50 AM

Aug 2014

My rent has doubled in five years, and I have friends that are paying even more. While income has only gone down by about a third since 2007, the cost of not being homeless has more than doubled here.

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The 15 US Cities Where Poverty Is Soaring Fastest [View all] octoberlib Aug 2014 OP

So Much For the "Rust Belt" RadicalGeek Aug 2014 #1

Seattle should also be on that list 4b5f940728b232b034e4 Aug 2014 #2

Out sourcing all the furniture manufacturing to China certainly did not help. hollysmom Aug 2014 #3