>return of a strong middle class in cities Where are these cities where a strong middle class has returned? Surely not in SF, where one of the area's highest

>return of a strong middle class in cities Where are these cities where a strong middle class has returned? Surely not in SF, where one of the area's highest paid professions (software engineer) cannot afford family housing? Certainly not elsewhere in California, where incomes among middle class Californian households fell by nearly 7% between 2009 and 2013, while income among the state’s top 20% earners grew by 1.3% [1]. Certainly not small cities in the Midwest or South. Having traveled through those extensively the past few years, I can assure you there is no middle class returning to those cities. Quite the opposite. I'm not one of those who gloats about SV "privilege" and scolds people for making the money they deserve to get paid, but the extent to which the typical educated SVer is getting out of touch with the economic reality of this country does have me concerned. If software really is eating the world, and the industry's best and brightest are blithely unaware of the dire condition of the country's middle class, then we are good and truly fucked. 1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/24/states-middle-class_n_6538148.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/24/states-middle-class... (not usually one to cite the Huffington Post, but this article clearly outlines the data sources and methods at the bottom, and they seem solid)