In the News

[unforth]

The article that this particular quote comes from is actually not terribly interesting, but nonetheless, it is proof of something I've been asserting without evidence for ages:

"...in New York,...a new study from the Center for an Urban Future, a nonprofit research group in Manhattan, estimates it takes $123,322 to enjoy the same middle-class life as someone earning $50,000 in Houston..." (The ellipses eliminate an because clause that wasn't relevant to the use I was making of the quote).

Vindicated! I make considerably less than $123k, for the record. ;) Man, I feel so much better about this now...

Anyway, as usual there is little of interest in the Sunday paper...

Comments

[unforth.livejournal.com]

You're middle class. And so am I. According to another article I read today, the average household in America has 2.7 people but 2.9 TVs - so no, having an insanely ridiculous TV (and an awesome sound system to go with it) does not in anyway promote you from the middle class. :)

I agree that being middle class in one place is not necessarily the same as being middle class in another, though, and I suspect that that 123k figure includes - as you mention - having a car, for example, because what they're really computing is what 50k gets you in Houston vs. how much that would cost in NYC - which would definitely include a car.

[ultimabaka.livejournal.com]

Damnit and this whole time I thought I'd just sorta skipped that step :P. As someone who makes dramatically more than that, I figured I would be better off than I am. So much for that theory :P