I haven't dug into the methodology, but for example, a lot of apartments in NYC are rent stabilized. There is universal preK. Many receive Medicaid. Also, did t

I haven't dug into the methodology, but for example, a lot of apartments in NYC are rent stabilized. There is universal preK. Many receive Medicaid. Also, did they check whether the household has a living wage or just each of its working age inhabitants? I'm not defending these mitigating factors as a good solution to people's money problems in NYC, but like you say, "living wage" is a fraught term that conjures up vague and charged imagery inappropriate for a rigorous analysis.