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I think it doesn't make sense to compare wealth across the nation due to different costs of living. In some areas top wages are extremely rare since the cost of
by dantheman 13y ago
I think it doesn't make sense to compare wealth across the nation due to different costs of living. In some areas top wages are extremely rare since the cost of living is very low. For instance, the average salary in NYC is much higher than one in kansas, so the chance of moving from the lowest to the highest will be higher in nyc since there almost no chance of the highest in kansas at all.
- ctdonath 13y agoYes. There is a tendency for some to grossly misunderstand the sheer scale of the USA. We have cities with populations of whole countries, able to support extremely high wages, and remote sparsely populated areas completely unable to support any "upward mobility". The South areas being derided suffer relatively higher populations with no ability to support higher wages so there is no mobility other than move to Atlanta or the like, which does nothing for local wage increases. The Northeast has more world class cities to lift the surrounding counties, as does the West coast.