Credit Zach Bernard/WBOI News In July, U.S. News and World Report named Fort Wayne the second most affordable place to live in the country, as part of its 2021-22 “best places to live” rankings. The methodology for determining the ranking includes “using data from sources including the U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI, the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. News' own internal resources,” and author Tim Zink describes Fort Wayne as “an excellent place to buy a house, start a career, launch a business and raise children.” But once you start breaking the collective of residents into groups, the picture of “affordability” becomes a bit less rosy.