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To: bentway who wrote (428475)	10/20/2008 12:20:27 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577883

Overall, the distribution of household income in New York City is characterized by tremendous disparities. This phenomenon is especially true of Manhattan, which in 2005 was home to the wealthiest U.S. census, tract with a household income of $188,697, as well as the poorest, where household income was $9,320.[36] The disparity is driven in part by wage growth in high income brackets. In 2006 the average weekly wage in Manhattan was $1,453, the highest among the largest counties in the United States.[15] Wages in Manhattan were the fastest growing among the nation's 10 largest counties.[15] Among young adults in New York who work full time, women now earn more money than men—in 2005 approximately $5,000 more. [37] Nationally, women’s wages still lag behind men. And that's the part of the country that Gibson calls home. And we know he doesn't live in the census tract where the household income is $9k. An article I read recently talked about how Americans have become increasingly segregated in terms of their politics and their income. So its not surprising that inoys thinks he is centrist because everyone in his town thinks like he does; that I don't think I am very left because everyone in Seattle thinks like I do; that Gibson thinks of himself as middle class even as he makes more than $200k per year. Consequently, our perceptions get reinforced even if they are wrong.