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"Researchers are finding that Cupid’s arrows fall less randomly than they did back in the middle of the 20th century. Americans today have become distinctly less likely to marry someone outside their income bracket..Back in the 1960s, a much more equal time in America, millions of men with just high school diplomas could count on good union-wage jobs and make nearly as much, or even more at times, than someone with a college degree. In that more equal America, most Americans lived within income hailing distance of most other Americans. They interacted socially with a fairly large cross-section of the nation's overall population.Today, with Americans much more divided by income, those social interactions across income levels have become considerably rarer. People increasingly marry in their own income bracket — if they marry at all."
I thought this was an interesting article, very appropriate for Valentine's Day...
Research has always shown that proximity has been the #1 factor in attraction and this article says the same thing, which is still true.
I guess it's just trying add income as another factor. I'm not so sure about that, although men do appear to have a greater desire nowadays to date a woman closer to his income bracket or higher. I don't think women have changed much at all.
"Researchers are finding that Cupid’s arrows fall less randomly than they did back in the middle of the 20th century. Americans today have become distinctly less likely to marry someone outside their income bracket..Back in the 1960s, a much more equal time in America, millions of men with just high school diplomas could count on good union-wage jobs and make nearly as much, or even more at times, than someone with a college degree. In that more equal America, most Americans lived within income hailing distance of most other Americans. They interacted socially with a fairly large cross-section of the nation's overall population.Today, with Americans much more divided by income, those social interactions across income levels have become considerably rarer. People increasingly marry in their own income bracket — if they marry at all."
I thought this was an interesting article, very appropriate for Valentine's Day...
So I can understand most people do want some kind of financial security.
ALso, please don't shoot me when I quote this person, Bill O'reilly I don't agree with him 100%, but I do agree with him when he says, "this country is divided by class not by race." Most people would feel utterly flattered if Michael Jordan is their next door neighbor, they wouldn't be too happy if their neighbor is some poor white trash. Not pc correct, I know. So I understand $$ matters to some folks.
A vanishing middle class will soon be the new normal. Six figure income is considered average in where I live (Orange county California) It is what it is.
Research has always shown that proximity has been the #1 factor in attraction and this article says the same thing, which is still true.
I guess it's just trying add income as another factor. I'm not so sure about that, although men do appear to have a greater desire nowadays to date a woman closer to his income bracket or higher. I don't think women have changed much at all.
I think men with incomes below the mainstream are generally hosed, especially today where women have considerably more income than they previously did. Women are averse to dating men with lower incomes than their own unless perhaps both are above average.
Income inequality is ruining many things in the U.S., but I don't think our love lives is one of them. I don't really know anyone who only dates within a limited income bracket, and even if they did you should be able to find plenty of people to date within any given income bracket as long as you live in a populated area.
Income inequality is ruining many things in the U.S., but I don't think our love lives is one of them. I don't really know anyone who only dates within a limited income bracket, and even if they did you should be able to find plenty of people to date within any given income bracket as long as you live in a populated area.
??? I think men with low incomes are least likely to date and also the least desirable as dating partners. There really aren't many dating options - especially quality dating options - for burger flippers.
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