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I guess you mean: "Would you rather earn $800,000 and live in a neighbourhood of those earning $1,000,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 and live in a neigh
by amiune 13y ago
I guess you mean: "Would you rather earn $800,000 and live in a neighbourhood of those earning $1,000,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 and live in a neighbourhood of those earning $80,000."
- marquis 13y agoYes I think that's how it went!
- DavidWoof 13y agoMaybe I'm missing something, but I don't see either this or the original even remotely as a difficult question. Making 80% of the median income is completely within normal ranges; it seems to me it would be barely noticeable in both cases. On the other hand, the difference between US$100,000 and US$800,000 is gigantic, it's a complete change in lifestyle and security. Seriously, does anyone here actually find either question to pose a true dilemma?
- joshmlewis 13y agoNo I agree with you. From what I've seen most families income could fluctuate that much between husband/wife work situations. Pay cuts, or bonuses, etc.
- marquis 13y agoTake a village. Everyone earns $100,000 except you. You earn $80,000. How do you feel? Now reverse it. You earn $100,000. Everyone else earns $80,000. How do you feel? Those base feelings explains consumerism and envy.
- DavidWoof 13y agoI'd rather make $100K than $80K. Period. At those ratios, my neighbors just don't enter into the equation. Now, I might be uncomfortable making $100K when my neighbors made $400K. That's an identifiable difference, and it would really mark me as the poor person in the neighborhood. But a 20% difference from the mean? I wouldn't even notice it.
- consz 13y agoWhat? Does anyone choose the first option over the second one? The second one seems unequivocally better.