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Phoenix Among Cities With Least-Sustainable Credit Card Debt
A new report ranks 2,500 U.S. cities on their levels of credit card debt sustainability. Phoenix was among the worst offenders. Here's why.

Sharon Hess is a contributing editor for Patch Media, covering Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. While she has worked in other fields, journalism is the only career she ever really loved. She worked several years as a freelance journalist and copy editor for the community-based SanTan Sun News, and as a technical magazine editor at OpenSystems Media. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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A new report ranks 2,500 U.S. cities on their levels of credit card debt sustainability. Phoenix was among the worst offenders. Here's why.

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