(Bloomberg) -- Just when you thought rent was too damn high,more evidence now shows that childcare costs are too damnhigher.

Among families with two children, the priceof care exceeds rent in 500 of 618 areas, according to datacompiled by the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, aresource group that advocates for workers.

Families in Binghamton, New York, are the worst off. There,childcare is almost three times as expensive as checks tolandlords.

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