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When the WSJ says "more Americans" does it actually mean that, or does it mean "more people who live in the US and make at least $100,000 annually"?
by zipwitch 11y ago
When the WSJ says "more Americans" does it actually mean that, or does it mean "more people who live in the US and make at least $100,000 annually"?
- ascagnel_ 11y agoThey mean more Americans. For example, New Jersey has a number of smaller cities (Newark, Paterson, Passaic, Trenton, Camden, etc) in close proximity to major metro areas (NYC, Philadelphia) that suffered debilitating white flight a generation ago. These cities are still economically depressed and are mostly inhabited by non-whites and tend to have lower incomes. As much as the majority here seems to be extolling the virtues of urbanization, the real challenge are cities like this: what are currently barely-functional city cores that must be rehabilitated without substantially displacing current residents.