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In downtown Palo Alto you can see people sitting on the sidewalk with cardboards which say they lost their jobs and don't have money for food, talking on their
by pfedor 18y ago
In downtown Palo Alto you can see people sitting on the sidewalk with cardboards which say they lost their jobs and don't have money for food, talking on their iPhones.
- Adam503 18y agoYou think there's poor people in Pala Alto, CA, huh? Wikipedia has per capita income in Palo Alto, CA as $56,257. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_locations_by_per_capita_income http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_locations_by_per_cap...
- joechung 18y agoGiven the number of people whose income is over $56K, that implies that there are just as many, if not more, people whose income is below that.
- Adam503 18y agoThe US standard for poverty is roughly $10,500 a year. Palo Alto's median income more than 5 times the US poverty standard. Go find me a place IN Palo Alto someone whose income is $10,500 a year can pay what the US Fed. Gov't standard for what it considers reasonable rent... 30% of one's income to live IN Palo Alto.