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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The stories of the brazilification of California has been around for a long time. The state does seem to be cleaving into rich versus poor with a dwindling middle class more comparable to what you find in countries like Brazil. And it's a staunchly blue state.

People like to mock the red states but they tend to have less income inequalities than the coastal blue states. Rather interesting when you think about it. [/quote]

All states have poor people, and blue states tend to have higher-earning workers than red states. How is that interesting?[/quote]

The income disparity you see between the very wealthy and mere middle class in places like California and New York is not easily found in Ohio or Indiana or Tennessee. All states do have poor, and all states do have rich people, but California in particular is seeing a remarkable concentration of wealth among its rich that you don't see in most of America. It's not an argument over how big the upper middle class is in a given area but more of how the middle and working classes can afford to live in those areas. It's very hard in California due to the cost of living and extreme inequity in the housing markets. It's less an issue in, say, Texas, where housing remains much more affordable despite plenty of rich people.

It's funny how it's areas where even the UMC start complaining about being priced out of the housing markets are all blue areas - Boston, DC, California, New York..... The more expensive a place is, the harder it is for people to get onto the property ladder, the bluer it is. Makes you think.

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