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Herman Munster
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:39 PM Original message |
$97.000 is middle class in the most blue cities in America |
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Deja Q
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. But it would be manna from heaven in Mumbai... |
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Girlieman
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Mumbai doesn't count |
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OHdem10
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. I think most people understand --depending on where |
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Deja Q
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. "Globalization". In which case everything must count or the term is a minsnomer. |
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yourout
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Muppets were my favorite show......Losing Jim Hensen that young was a tragedy. |
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asdjrocky
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sorry, don't mean to be rude.... |
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Herman Munster
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. really? |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Why would anyone want to? |
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Carni
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. If you are making that much per year.... |
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depakid
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. The middle class doesn't live in Mahattan |
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asdjrocky
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. So I guess that's where 6% of the people live? |
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sandnsea
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. If the top 6% of the country live in cities |
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Eric J in MN
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. For a single person with no dependents? NT |
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Herman Munster
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. single person with no dependents it's middle class in manhattan |
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Kurt_and_Hunter
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And housing expenses are *supposed* to be only 1/3 of your take-home (good luck with that!) |
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Carni
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Boo fucking hoo |
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Selatius
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Man, I'd move myself off Manhattan Island just so I could save more money for retirement. |
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Egnever
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. you just pull that out of your ass or what? |
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Herman Munster
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I look at rents, cost of real estate, and after-tax disposable income |
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Egnever
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. so you are making this up as you go along then... |
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Herman Munster
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. go look at the rents in manhattan and SF |
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Selatius
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. You can blame cities for part of that problem. Up in Boston, they eliminated rent control. |
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Egnever
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. So your argument has nothing to do with real income |
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AX10
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. Heck, even Philadelphia is 97k is middle class. |
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THUNDER HANDS
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. I live on Long Island, want to talk middle class and housing prices? |
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Herman Munster
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. when did they buy their home? |
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tkmorris
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yeah, and so? |
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Selatius
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That's the fucking Upper West Side of Manhattan Island. That's not middle-class land, there. |
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THUNDER HANDS
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. the current one, 15 years ago. |
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nightrider767
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well Maybe combined, family income |
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Kurt_and_Hunter
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Fri Nov-16-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. "middle class" is not supposed to denote either median income or hardship |
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Hardrada
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. And then there is the countryside and there are the small towns |
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Kurt_and_Hunter
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Yes! Hence the need for regional and local distinctions |
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Extend a Hand
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. I agree |
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Hardrada
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. That's a good income around here |
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sjdnb
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Fri Nov-16-07 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. 2007 HHS Poverty Guidelines |
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blue neen
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Sat Nov-17-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
37. Pittsburgh is a very blue city. |
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