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Eh, 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. Se
by wgerard 8y ago
Eh, 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..