I fully expect after posting this that I’ll get some ‘what were you thinking?’s from some of my fellow Realtors, but the reality is that home ownership isn’t for everyone, and the fact that our city’s so affordable in so many ways is what makes it great, so here’s one for the renters out there:

BusinessWeek teamed up with Reis to come up with the most affordable large metro areas in terms of rents as a portion of local income. Oklahoma City, where people spent just 12% of their income on rent, was the most affordable.

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