> I don't think it's reasonable to describe a household in the top decile as poorer. Virtually anybody who lives in the United States cannot be described as "

> I don't think it's reasonable to describe a household in the top decile as poorer. Virtually anybody who lives in the United States cannot be described as "poorer" by your definition, as we're almost all richer than 95% of the world's population. It's a great word choice - you're just arguing your personal preferences and vauge implications right now. People are poorer than other people, other than Bill Gates. Since we're talking about housing prices in inflated markets right now, there's a huge difference between an engineer making 160k a year vs a director making 400k a year. The engineer is "poorer". > it's a poor word choice. Don't you mean it's a less wealthy word choice, since it's in the top decile of words that are appropriate to use in that situation?