Thursday, July 27, 2006

Not so sure this is a good trend...

In this age of rapidly inflating incomes and ridiculous corporate bonuses I'm not even sure which class I fall into. Label me an employed dropout.
Having said that, I'm not so sure I like the increasing stratification of cities...

Here's the digg.com summary of the NYTimes article:

Cities Shed Middle Class, and Are Richer and Poorer for It
"Places like New York and San Francisco appear to be richer and more dazzling than ever: crime remains low, new arrivals pour in, neighborhoods have risen from the dead. But middle-class city dwellers across the country are being squeezed by the rich as much, or more so, as by the poor ."

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