These are the U.S. cities where Americans can actually afford to live on a single person's income—and the ones out-of-budget for singletons

These are the U.S. cities where Americans can actually afford to live on a single person's income—and the ones out-of-budget for singletons

As rents climb, the once-romanticized vision of living alone and eating your first cup of noodles in an unfurnished apartment recently started to feel like a dream of the past.  But now, the rent-burdened generation may see some hope.  The “Carrie Bradshaw Index,” (named after the fictional Sex and the City character), released by The Economist, ranks 100 of the country’s major cities by affordability for people who are chasing that solo-living …