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When The Economist named Minneapolis the third most expensive city to live in North America, just after New York and Los Angeles, reporters from Kare11, Fox 9, and WCCO turned to Augsburg University Professor of Economics Jeanne Boeh for answers. Kare 11’s Gordon Severson questioned the ranking, given that the latest U.S. Census data listed ...http://www.augsburg.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-21-at-10.30.11-AM-300x202.png