{
    "report":  "Graduate City Screening Index 2026",
    "snapshot_at":  "2026-07-14T15:34:12.215Z",
    "universe":  "Ocity city database; population \u003e 80,000, median household income \u003e $30,000, positive cost index, violent-crime reference and 1BR rent",
    "row_count":  460,
    "weights":  {
                    "affordability":  0.3,
                    "household_income_proxy":  0.25,
                    "violent_crime_reference":  0.2,
                    "rent_income_screening":  0.15,
                    "city_scale_proxy":  0.1
                },
    "formula_notes":  "Raw composite is weighted component sum; descending raw score then ascending city slug breaks ties; displayed score is rounded raw composite.",
    "field_definitions":  {
                              "cost_of_living_index":  "Ocity city-database index used as an editorial screening input.",
                              "population":  "City-scale proxy, not job openings, employer depth or job-market opportunity.",
                              "violent_crime_per_100k":  "Violent-crime reference, not a comprehensive safety or quality-of-life assessment.",
                              "median_income":  "Median household income, not new-graduate salary or job offer.",
                              "rent_income_ratio":  "Annual 1BR rent divided by annual median household income; screening ratio, not observed graduate household burden."
                          },
    "limitations":  [
                        "This editorial composite is a screening heuristic, not a causal model or universal recommendation.",
                        "City database fields may reflect different source years and are not one synchronized external release.",
                        "It does not establish job-market access, graduate salary, career success, taxes, remote-work suitability, personal affordability, health, safety outcomes or relocation results."
                    ],
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}