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Writer, blogger and cartoonist Sarah Cooper used to call New York City her home. But now she's in San Francisco, and as she's since discovered, the two places are painfully alike when it comes to real estate, with SF actually more untenable for renters than NYC.
A Monday midday diversion: You know that slogan: Location, location, location? We found the guy who coined it — or so he claims. (He says the truism is actually meant to be: Location, location, location, location.) Jump ahead to the 16:52 mark of this episode of the 1990s animated series, Comedy Central's "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist," to meet him. Watch the rest to see how Dr. Katz deals with his slacker 24-year-old son, who thinks that finding your first apartment means making "bold moves, and let the chips fall" instead of figuring out how much you can afford.
That Manhattan has become land of the rich — you knew that already. But at a recent Symposium on Inequality at New York Law School, sociologist Andrew Beveridge, who's the co-founder of data site Social Explorer, revealed just how much: The borough now holds the distinction of being the "most unequal county" (of counties with more than 100,000 residents) in the country.