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ParticipantSince when are singles earning over $100,000/yr considered “high income” in Southern California?
By what definition isn’t it high income? Especially since in this context high income means “high enough that you can afford to pay a slightly higher tax rate”, not “high enough that you can afford to start your own country”. It’s more than 90-some percent of *household* incomes in the area, and it’s enough to support a much-more-than-comfortable lifestyle for a single person. How is it not high income?
(Note that I haven’t even read the article you link to… this isn’t a comment about that particular AMT proposal.)
ParticipantSince when are singles earning over $100,000/yr considered “high income” in Southern California?
By what definition isn’t it high income? Especially since in this context high income means “high enough that you can afford to pay a slightly higher tax rate”, not “high enough that you can afford to start your own country”. It’s more than 90-some percent of *household* incomes in the area, and it’s enough to support a much-more-than-comfortable lifestyle for a single person. How is it not high income?
(Note that I haven’t even read the article you link to… this isn’t a comment about that particular AMT proposal.)
November 6, 2007 at 7:13 PM in reply to: Where do you stand on America’s wealth spectrum-Article #96499ParticipantWow, from C+ student to a C+ salary!
My guidance counselor was right!
Nah, don’t feel bad. I was an A+ student, got a PhD from Stanford, and I still ended up with a C+ salary (if that). We wound up in the same place, and I bet you had waaay more fun getting here!
November 6, 2007 at 7:13 PM in reply to: Where do you stand on America’s wealth spectrum-Article #96493ParticipantWow, from C+ student to a C+ salary!
My guidance counselor was right!
Nah, don’t feel bad. I was an A+ student, got a PhD from Stanford, and I still ended up with a C+ salary (if that). We wound up in the same place, and I bet you had waaay more fun getting here!
November 6, 2007 at 7:13 PM in reply to: Where do you stand on America’s wealth spectrum-Article #96484ParticipantWow, from C+ student to a C+ salary!
My guidance counselor was right!
Nah, don’t feel bad. I was an A+ student, got a PhD from Stanford, and I still ended up with a C+ salary (if that). We wound up in the same place, and I bet you had waaay more fun getting here!
November 6, 2007 at 7:13 PM in reply to: Where do you stand on America’s wealth spectrum-Article #96422ParticipantWow, from C+ student to a C+ salary!
My guidance counselor was right!
Nah, don’t feel bad. I was an A+ student, got a PhD from Stanford, and I still ended up with a C+ salary (if that). We wound up in the same place, and I bet you had waaay more fun getting here!
ParticipantI’ve never been to China, but I’ve been lots of other places, and a trap I know it’s easy to fall into is to assume that people you see on the street have everything you take for granted as an American *plus* the extra stuff you see. That’s not necessarily the case. So, for example, they might have a new car, designer clothes, and the latest cell phone, but you don’t see that they live with three generations of their family in a two room flat, or they only have electricity 22 hours a day, or they share a bathroom with the whole neighborhood, or they work 65 hours a week, or they have untreated tuberculosis, or whatever. You might not feel as poor as an American if you knew the whole story of their lives.
ParticipantI’ve never been to China, but I’ve been lots of other places, and a trap I know it’s easy to fall into is to assume that people you see on the street have everything you take for granted as an American *plus* the extra stuff you see. That’s not necessarily the case. So, for example, they might have a new car, designer clothes, and the latest cell phone, but you don’t see that they live with three generations of their family in a two room flat, or they only have electricity 22 hours a day, or they share a bathroom with the whole neighborhood, or they work 65 hours a week, or they have untreated tuberculosis, or whatever. You might not feel as poor as an American if you knew the whole story of their lives.
ParticipantI’ve never been to China, but I’ve been lots of other places, and a trap I know it’s easy to fall into is to assume that people you see on the street have everything you take for granted as an American *plus* the extra stuff you see. That’s not necessarily the case. So, for example, they might have a new car, designer clothes, and the latest cell phone, but you don’t see that they live with three generations of their family in a two room flat, or they only have electricity 22 hours a day, or they share a bathroom with the whole neighborhood, or they work 65 hours a week, or they have untreated tuberculosis, or whatever. You might not feel as poor as an American if you knew the whole story of their lives.
ParticipantYou should look into charter and magnet schools too. There’s a lot of school choice in San Diego — even regular neighborhood schools all seem to have a few places for kids from outside the area. Where you live and where your kids go to school can be independent decisions.
ParticipantYou should look into charter and magnet schools too. There’s a lot of school choice in San Diego — even regular neighborhood schools all seem to have a few places for kids from outside the area. Where you live and where your kids go to school can be independent decisions.
ParticipantYou should look into charter and magnet schools too. There’s a lot of school choice in San Diego — even regular neighborhood schools all seem to have a few places for kids from outside the area. Where you live and where your kids go to school can be independent decisions.
Participant92104 is one of those funny San Diego neighborhoods that has a lot less economic segregation than we’re used to the US. I live at 30th and Juniper — on my lot and the ones right around me, we’ve got 30+ small cheap rental units. They’re terribly maintained, there’s huge tenant turnover, and the cops are here a lot. Across the alley, though, is Burlingame, with pink sidewalks and $million-plus houses. Fifty feet away and it’s another world.
People drive through here and can’t figure out whether it’s Mission Hills or City Heights… actually, it’s both. It works out great for me and my kids, but that’s because we’re poor. I can see why the rich might prefer to have a little more homogeneity in their neighbors, but I guess the area has compensating charms.
Participant92104 is one of those funny San Diego neighborhoods that has a lot less economic segregation than we’re used to the US. I live at 30th and Juniper — on my lot and the ones right around me, we’ve got 30+ small cheap rental units. They’re terribly maintained, there’s huge tenant turnover, and the cops are here a lot. Across the alley, though, is Burlingame, with pink sidewalks and $million-plus houses. Fifty feet away and it’s another world.
People drive through here and can’t figure out whether it’s Mission Hills or City Heights… actually, it’s both. It works out great for me and my kids, but that’s because we’re poor. I can see why the rich might prefer to have a little more homogeneity in their neighbors, but I guess the area has compensating charms.
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