Hoping to spark conversation about community development, this flash map uses census stats from 'hoods in all five boroughs to populate bar graphs of each area's income breakdown; adjust rent level sliders to view the percentage of families that can afford to live in variously priced apartments, though if you have to ask if you can afford Bed-Stuy, whose computer are you reading this on?

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Check out your own stomping ground for a reminder of just how much your landlord owns your wallet here