(Bloomberg) -- Just when you thought rent was too damn high, more evidence now shows that childcare costs are too damn higher.
Among families with two children, the price of care exceeds rent in 500 of 618 areas, according to data compiled by the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, a resource group that advocates for workers.
Families in Binghamton, New York, are the worst off. There, childcare is almost three times as expensive as checks to landlords.
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