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Can you expand on #5? I think you might be right but it's not something I've thought about before.

• rayiner 13y ago
  My point is that narratives about the friction that exists in a society are created by the intelligentsia. For example, Mr. Vindu Goel, author of this article, is a Harvard graduate. So it's important to look at the culture of the intelligentsia in a community (those who are educated there or choose to settle there), relative to the culture of the "haves." New York has groups of people leading the charge on behalf of the "have nots." But if you look at the background of someone in that camp, you'll often see say a Columbia or NYU grad who has family who works in finance or one of its ancillary industries. A lot of the journalists who might cover the issue of "Wall Street versus Main Street" come from privileged backgrounds themselves and eat at the same restaurants and go to the same nightclubs as people who work on Wall Street. In the Bay Area, I think you see more of a disconnect. I think a stereotypical member of the opposition might have a background like my wife's uncle: mom was a professor at Berkeley and grow up in town. That person doesn't have a lot in common with a Google engineer who moved into the city from the east coast and takes a shuttle bus into the suburbs every day for work.