Many respondents said they couldn't afford a home in the neighborhood where they grew up. "We can only have one child because we cannot afford a three-bedroom home in our city," wrote one person in Denver. "If we wanted to have two children we would need to move 80 miles from our work." Another New Jersey resident said that he and his family have "no affordable options" to remain in their current city — the only place he's ever lived — and that "the demands from my wife that we move away to an area more affordable [have] caused some very tense moments in our marriage."
But the most heartbreaking was the reader who said she has been homeless since January. "My children live full time with their dad who is financially stable with an income of well over $100,000 a year," she wrote. "They unfortunately are not allowed to see me because I don't have a place to bring them to." Though she works in Bloomington, Minnesota, she drives 20 minutes away to sleep in her car every night, because the police will arrest her if she stays within city limits.
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