> " Is HN over-repesented in the 24%?" Very likely. Or at least, people on HN who answered this poll. HN is not a cross-section of American society; HN is a

> " Is HN over-repesented in the 24%?" Very likely. Or at least, people on HN who answered this poll. HN is not a cross-section of American society; HN is a cross-section of hackers, coders, developers, intellectuals, and people with serious curiosity. HN polls also show a median salary approaching 6 figures, which is not normal for the US as a whole. I would not expect HN finances to look like average US finances. We certainly have people here living paycheck to paycheck, and even some homeless, but HN is not usually a favorite site among those demographics.