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interesting that Seattle isn't anywhere to be found. I've always "felt" that the PNW had less old money. Anyone wanna feed my confirmation bias some more?
by xyhopguy 8y ago
interesting that Seattle isn't anywhere to be found. I've always "felt" that the PNW had less old money. Anyone wanna feed my confirmation bias some more?
- ForRealsies 8y agoSeattle isn't a retirement destination. The greatest 'income equality' being from Rich retirees in a low cost of living among a Service industry-based local populace.
- wgerard 8y agoEh, I'm not sure I would read into this as "Seattle is super egalitarian". Microsoft has made a lot of people (relatively) extremely wealthy, as has Amazon. Seattle's probably catching up quickly to some of the cities on this list. Washington is just a much younger state.
- xyhopguy 8y agoNot really what im getting at. The pnw was developed later so I'd expect it to have less old money -- look at Oregon. The tech industry has certainly done a lot for the upper middle class in Seattle but the article is talking about people making 400k+ a year..