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These Charts Show the Cost Of Renting a 2-Bedroom Apartment In the 5 Most-Expensive Cities In America

Mother Jones

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A little more than a year ago, my former colleague Erika Eichelberger wrote about the fact that, for many, the rent is simply too damn high (I chipped in with some pretty charts illustrating an ugly problem). This story has been told time and time again, but a recent report from Bloomberg takes it one step further, at least for those of us lucky (or unlucky) enough to be entering the job market while living in San Francisco or New York City.

“The Starter Apartment Is Nearly Extinct in San Francisco and New York,” according the the article’s headline. Citing data compiled by real estate listings site Trulia, Bloomberg points out some depressing statistics: In San Francisco, 91 percent of one-bedroom apartments rent for more than $2,000 per month. It’s almost as bad in Manhattan, where 89 percent of one-bedroom apartments will set you back $2,000 month.

Trying to find a two bedroom? In San Francisco, almost every two-bedroom apartment rents for more than $2,000 (98 percent). Many are more than $2,500 (96 percent), or $3,000 (91 percent). More than half the two-bedrooms in San Francisco will put you back $4,000 per month. Take a look:

Trulia.com

Obviously this applies to certain parts of these cities and, indeed, if you read through Trulia’s report, it breaks the data down by neighborhood. For instance, take a look at the interactive map of San Francisco below, which breaks down the cost of 1-bedroom units:

Here’s one for New York City:

So yes, chances are you can still find something, somewhere. But the point is that for many of us, that dream of life in the big city—for a reasonable amount of money and in a convenient location—is just that: a dream.

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These Charts Show the Cost Of Renting a 2-Bedroom Apartment In the 5 Most-Expensive Cities In America

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America’s Election Watchdogs Are Literally Arguing Over Whether FEC Commissioners Are People

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The Federal Election Commission hit a bizarre new low on Thursday when its three Republican commissioners declared during a contentious meeting that two of their Democratic colleagues aren’t, legally speaking, people when it comes to petitioning their own agency.

Confused? Let me explain: Last week, FEC chair Ann Ravel and commissioner Ellen Weintraub, both Democrats, took the unusual step of filing a petition to their own commission, complaining that the agency is not doing its job of enforcing campaign finance law. The petition asked the commission to consider making new rules on several key issues, including the regulation of foreign money and the coordination between super-PACs and campaigns, arguing that currently the FEC is shirking its duty by not addressing these concerns. Weintraub said at the time that she didn’t have high hopes for substantive change but thought filing a petition highlighting the issue of deadlock might at least force a public discussion of the problem.

At Thursday’s meeting, the approval of four of the agency’s six commissioners was needed to move the petition to the next step in the process, opening it up for public comment.

Ordinarily, this is a pro forma vote, but instead the three Republican commissioners objected to the petition on the grounds that Ravel and Weintraub, as commissioners, don’t have legal standing as “interested persons.” The petition procedure is meant for citizens and members of the public, they said.

“I cannot believe that you are actually going to take the position that I am not a person,” Weintraub responded. “A corporation is a person, but I’m not a person?”

Facing off with GOP vice chairman Matthew Petersen, Weintraub asked, “You want to insist that I am not a person?”

“That’s right,” Petersen responded.

“That’s how bad it has gotten,” Weintraub scoffed. “My colleagues will not admit that I am a person. That’s really striking.”

Citing concerns about legal procedure, the commission put a vote on hold on whether to allow the commissioners’ petition to move forward to the next step in the process.

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America’s Election Watchdogs Are Literally Arguing Over Whether FEC Commissioners Are People

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