These lifestyle metrics are pretty dubious. Supposedly NYC is at the bottom of the list, but it's possible to live a pretty good lifestyle here even with a minimum wage job.<p>If you and your partner both make minimum wage for exempt employees in NYC ($70,200) then that's enough to afford an 800+ square foot apartment with good public transit access in safe, walkable neighborhood with plenty of food and recreation options. And that's without spending more than 25% of your income on rent, as is recommended.<p>Sure, maybe you could theoretically do better in Denver, but what's the point if NYC is the 'least livable' city and it's already more than good enough.