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That's the thing - according to most polls, people ARE feeling good, but at the same time certain that everyone else - the public in general - are struggling to

That's the thing - according to most polls, people ARE feeling good, but at the same time certain that everyone else - the public in general - are struggling to cover basic needs. There's a wide disconnect caused by negativity in media, mostly stirred up for political reasons. Like this: https://www.axios.com/2023/08/18/americans-economy-bad-personal-finances-good https://www.axios.com/2023/08/18/americans-economy-bad-perso... TL;DR: 71% say economy is bad and 51% say it's getting worse, while for 60% people in the same poll their personal financial situation is just fine. There are many similar polls, all point to the same thing.

coliveira 3y ago
It all depends on what kind of social group you're in. Upper middle class and higher are still doing just fine. People like you most probably don't have friends who are living in the streets or cannot afford to buy cars anymore. Just look at the statistics of people living in the streets of big cities and the situation looks more like the great depression.
- anovikov 3y ago
  Homelessness is on a long term decline and since 2007, it's down from 0.21% to 0.17% population. It's probably just concentration in the certain area because of police doing a bad job cleaning the streets. Also, economic growth in U.S. is now mostly concentrated in lower income groups. It seems that high middle class (statistical one, i.e. top 10-20% of population - "people just out of poverty" if you look at it honestly), are on the losing side now. Hard numbers are hard to come by but once the tax season is over we will see them next year.
- MattGaiser 3y ago
  > Just look at the statistics of people living in the streets of big cities and the situation looks more like the great depression. https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-homeless-people-are-in-the-us-what-does-the-data-miss/ https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-homeless-people-are-i... There are fewer homeless than before 2008, which was a period of economic boom.

coliveira 3y ago

It all depends on what kind of social group you're in. Upper middle class and higher are still doing just fine. People like you most probably don't have friends who are living in the streets or cannot afford to buy cars anymore. Just look at the statistics of people living in the streets of big cities and the situation looks more like the great depression.

anovikov 3y ago
Homelessness is on a long term decline and since 2007, it's down from 0.21% to 0.17% population. It's probably just concentration in the certain area because of police doing a bad job cleaning the streets. Also, economic growth in U.S. is now mostly concentrated in lower income groups. It seems that high middle class (statistical one, i.e. top 10-20% of population - "people just out of poverty" if you look at it honestly), are on the losing side now. Hard numbers are hard to come by but once the tax season is over we will see them next year.
MattGaiser 3y ago
> Just look at the statistics of people living in the streets of big cities and the situation looks more like the great depression. https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-homeless-people-are-in-the-us-what-does-the-data-miss/ https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-homeless-people-are-i... There are fewer homeless than before 2008, which was a period of economic boom.