Yes, there are plenty of "upper class" people in Manhattan if you compare the average Manhattan income against the average AMERICAN income.
But you have to compare apples to apples: look at the average Manhattanite and the average MANHATTAN income. When almost everyone here is "upper class", they are "middle class" relative to each other.
So what if you make $1 million when everyone else is making $1 million (or more)? But if you make $80,000 where most people make $35,000, you are "rich".
"Upper class" in Manhattan = trust fund kids/nonworking rich
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Originally Posted by DITC
I dont know if I agree with this. I would just say the upper class in Manhattan is larger than most places, and the middle class is tiny. The correction should be that the middle class in Manhattan is poor relative to its cost of living, whereas the middle class elsewhere can get more for their dollar. Manhattan's middle class works there but for the most part does not live there. Middle class is the middle between poor/working class and white collar.
There are Manhattan doctors who make $1m+ per year and live nicely in the UES, Westchester, or Bergen County. There are average Joe bankers that make a 6 digit salary then add 150k+ in year end bonus...you call all this middle class? Come on.
Being a banker/doctor/lawyer is a whole different mentality. Banker/doctor/lawyer is the top, whether you make 200k/yr or 200 mil a year, you still have the same general atmosphere of trying to get top schools for kids, etc and all the perks of being at the top. Unless you are a Bronx DA or a bank teller, you are upper class.
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