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

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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.