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Reader Mail: The Rules We Live By
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Mike Dang
June 25th, 2012
I found your piece on NYC rents, and the exorbitant amounts we spend on them really interesting. It's an issue I fret about, too. What's a good rule of thumb? Should we spend 1/4 of our income? One-third? — David