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http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/housing-prices-and-income-inequality/?ref=business&gwh=48426E4009EDB35DC50A594DE85CEC5B

Harvard University argues that the prohibitive cost of living in the areas with the greatest economic opportunities has forced low-wage workers to migrate instead to areas with inferior opportunities. “The best places for low- and high-skilled workers used to be the same places: California, Maryland, New York,” said Peter Ganong, a doctoral student in economics, who wrote the paper with Daniel Shoag, a professor of public policy. “Now low-skilled workers can no longer afford to move to the high-wage places.