Average SD family 2000 vs 2010

[jstoesz]

I think there a few things at work…I have no doubt that the white collar base in SD has increased in the last decade. Therefore the mix that the median income stat is based on has changed. The population as a whole has seen income growth (more high paying jobs), but individuals families have not (or not significant). As to the home prices raising so much in the last ten years, well I am just scratching my head…the best I can come up with always includes restrictive development boards and just a population of people with poor fiscal values. There are just way too many “fake it till you make it” people in southern California who live way to close to the edge.

[jstoesz]

As I say that though, I wonder if more poor people have moved in too. Who knows…

[jstoesz]

As I say that though, I wonder if more poor people have moved in too. Who knows…

[jstoesz]

As I say that though, I wonder if more poor people have moved in too. Who knows…

[jstoesz]

As I say that though, I wonder if more poor people have moved in too. Who knows…

[jstoesz]

As I say that though, I wonder if more poor people have moved in too. Who knows…

[UCGal]

thought I’d toss a chart into the mix.

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts

I realize CPI is not specifically being discussed here – but this is another data point… CPI and alternate CPI (as it was calculated before 1990.)

On an anectdotal basis – my base salary (same employer) has gone up 20%… the bulk of that in two moves: one when I transfered to CA (fortunately, before the eliminated the pay differential) and one when I got a promotion. Those big jumps were offset with 3 years of NO increase (zero, zip, nada). That’s just base salary. Bonuses, 401k match, etc have also had negative and positive impacts on my real earnings.

Any increase I got was offset by my husband’s underemployment. We’re definitely pulling in less now than in 2006.

[UCGal]

thought I’d toss a chart into the mix.

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts

I realize CPI is not specifically being discussed here – but this is another data point… CPI and alternate CPI (as it was calculated before 1990.)

On an anectdotal basis – my base salary (same employer) has gone up 20%… the bulk of that in two moves: one when I transfered to CA (fortunately, before the eliminated the pay differential) and one when I got a promotion. Those big jumps were offset with 3 years of NO increase (zero, zip, nada). That’s just base salary. Bonuses, 401k match, etc have also had negative and positive impacts on my real earnings.

Any increase I got was offset by my husband’s underemployment. We’re definitely pulling in less now than in 2006.

[UCGal]

thought I’d toss a chart into the mix.

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts

I realize CPI is not specifically being discussed here – but this is another data point… CPI and alternate CPI (as it was calculated before 1990.)

On an anectdotal basis – my base salary (same employer) has gone up 20%… the bulk of that in two moves: one when I transfered to CA (fortunately, before the eliminated the pay differential) and one when I got a promotion. Those big jumps were offset with 3 years of NO increase (zero, zip, nada). That’s just base salary. Bonuses, 401k match, etc have also had negative and positive impacts on my real earnings.

Any increase I got was offset by my husband’s underemployment. We’re definitely pulling in less now than in 2006.

[UCGal]

thought I’d toss a chart into the mix.

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts

I realize CPI is not specifically being discussed here – but this is another data point… CPI and alternate CPI (as it was calculated before 1990.)

On an anectdotal basis – my base salary (same employer) has gone up 20%… the bulk of that in two moves: one when I transfered to CA (fortunately, before the eliminated the pay differential) and one when I got a promotion. Those big jumps were offset with 3 years of NO increase (zero, zip, nada). That’s just base salary. Bonuses, 401k match, etc have also had negative and positive impacts on my real earnings.

Any increase I got was offset by my husband’s underemployment. We’re definitely pulling in less now than in 2006.

[UCGal]

thought I’d toss a chart into the mix.

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts

I realize CPI is not specifically being discussed here – but this is another data point… CPI and alternate CPI (as it was calculated before 1990.)

On an anectdotal basis – my base salary (same employer) has gone up 20%… the bulk of that in two moves: one when I transfered to CA (fortunately, before the eliminated the pay differential) and one when I got a promotion. Those big jumps were offset with 3 years of NO increase (zero, zip, nada). That’s just base salary. Bonuses, 401k match, etc have also had negative and positive impacts on my real earnings.

Any increase I got was offset by my husband’s underemployment. We’re definitely pulling in less now than in 2006.

[protorio]

[quote=jstoesz] population of people with poor fiscal values. [/quote]

Well, its more than that, and perhaps speaks to Scarlett’s mention of professionals. Markets are shaped not just by economics, but by culture and ideology. No one disputes that the ideology of home ownership in the U.S. is very strong (if sometimes illogical). But people who earn a certain income often want to stretch that income to the limit in order to achieve homogeneity within a particular taste culture – aesthetic, social, economic. So many “professionals” (I suppose I’m one) seem to have driven up prices by going “all in” with stretching dual incomes, rather than live rather modestly in more diverse neighborhoods.

Of course, I’m not drawing from any data – purely anecdotal and general observations.

[protorio]

[quote=jstoesz] population of people with poor fiscal values. [/quote]

Well, its more than that, and perhaps speaks to Scarlett’s mention of professionals. Markets are shaped not just by economics, but by culture and ideology. No one disputes that the ideology of home ownership in the U.S. is very strong (if sometimes illogical). But people who earn a certain income often want to stretch that income to the limit in order to achieve homogeneity within a particular taste culture – aesthetic, social, economic. So many “professionals” (I suppose I’m one) seem to have driven up prices by going “all in” with stretching dual incomes, rather than live rather modestly in more diverse neighborhoods.

Of course, I’m not drawing from any data – purely anecdotal and general observations.

[protorio]

[quote=jstoesz] population of people with poor fiscal values. [/quote]

Well, its more than that, and perhaps speaks to Scarlett’s mention of professionals. Markets are shaped not just by economics, but by culture and ideology. No one disputes that the ideology of home ownership in the U.S. is very strong (if sometimes illogical). But people who earn a certain income often want to stretch that income to the limit in order to achieve homogeneity within a particular taste culture – aesthetic, social, economic. So many “professionals” (I suppose I’m one) seem to have driven up prices by going “all in” with stretching dual incomes, rather than live rather modestly in more diverse neighborhoods.

Of course, I’m not drawing from any data – purely anecdotal and general observations.

[protorio]

[quote=jstoesz] population of people with poor fiscal values. [/quote]

Well, its more than that, and perhaps speaks to Scarlett’s mention of professionals. Markets are shaped not just by economics, but by culture and ideology. No one disputes that the ideology of home ownership in the U.S. is very strong (if sometimes illogical). But people who earn a certain income often want to stretch that income to the limit in order to achieve homogeneity within a particular taste culture – aesthetic, social, economic. So many “professionals” (I suppose I’m one) seem to have driven up prices by going “all in” with stretching dual incomes, rather than live rather modestly in more diverse neighborhoods.

Of course, I’m not drawing from any data – purely anecdotal and general observations.

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