Juice, I did another search with the San Deiguito Union HS district and it showed about 15% earning over 200k per year. If anything those numbers are low because I don’t know too many people who overstate their incomes on tax returns and of course those are net of 401k’s, IRA’s, SEP’s, etc. It’s also net of a lot of recent Captial Gains which are offset by losses that a lot of people took in 200-2002. I know I still have a lot to work off. It also doesn’t include all of those who have established residency out of state, but really live here year round. I think there’s a lot more money here than most people think. I’d say 30% of my neighbors work for companies that are not located in the county. One’s main office is in Asia, two others are outside of Boston and another two are in the LA area. And those are all guys who live on my street and I guarantee they make 2-3 times what I make and I do OK. Maybe there’s a big downturn coming and no one will be able to afford their mortgage (assuming they have one), but I have doubts that it’s going to be as widespread as some think.
