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That list is misleading because they don't take into account cost of living. $200,000 in New York City is middle class while $200,000 in Atlanta goes a lot further.
New York City: 192,207
Los Angeles: 77,736
Chicago: 46,408
San Francisco: 39,359
Houston: 36,316
San Diego:31,560
Dallas: 24,523
Washington DC: 23,282
Phoenix:18,137
Atlanta:15,401
Boston: 14,470
Philadelphia: 10,224
"Yuppies" is too vague a term, sort of like "college-educated"
Consider industries....finance and tech....slice data by 25yo w/incomes >$500K/yr (by tax returns); 30yo w/incs >$1MM/yr; 35yo w/incs >$5MM/yr...it's a head-on competition between Manhattan and PaloAlto area, SF's PacHts and FinDt (the various new condo towers for SV workers)....and for >35yo w/kids, it's Greenwich CT and Manhattan vs Woodside/Atherton CA and SF's PacHts
New York City: 192,207
Los Angeles: 77,736
Chicago: 46,408
San Francisco: 39,359
Houston: 36,316
San Diego:31,560
Dallas: 24,523
Washington DC: 23,282
Phoenix:18,137
Atlanta:15,401
Boston: 14,470
Philadelphia: 10,224
I thought this thread was about Yuppies. Or are you making the argument that everyone who makes $200k+/year is a yuppie, regardless of age?
New York 628,682
Los Angeles 333,891
Washington DC 274,666
San Francisco 269,175
Chicago 186,902
Boston 170,712
Philadelphia 118,228
Dallas 107,502
Houston 102,568
Atlanta 95,615
Miami 91,726
Seattle 79,064
Detroit 69,778
Minneapolis 66,119
San Diego 61,856
Phoenix 59,008
Denver 54,719
That was 2007, here is 2008
CSAs and Miami MSA by Households Earning $200,000+ Annually, 2008
New York 702,798
Los Angeles 354,675
San Francisco 293,755
Washington DC 292,844
Chicago 208,028
Boston 194,115
Philadelphia 134,491
Dallas 118,259
Houston 114,955
Atlanta 111,500
Miami 98,757
Seattle 90,927
Minneapolis 74,414
Detroit 72,642
I thought this thread was about Yuppies. Or are you making the argument that everyone who makes $200k+/year is a yuppie, regardless of age?
Fine.
Households Earning $200,000+ Annually age 25 years and younger
New York City: 1,212
Chicago: 342
Los Angeles: 341
San Francisco: 186
Phoenix: 177
Boston: 125
San Diego: 119
Seattle: 93
Dallas: 81
Houston: 80
Washington DC: 58
Households Earning $200,000+ Annually age 25-44 years old
New York City: 92,933
Los Angeles: 28,301
Chicago: 24,244
San Francisco: 22,256
San Diego: 12,142
Houston: 11,789
Washington DC: 9,662
Dallas: 8,538
Boston: 7,964
Seattle: 6,993
Phoenix: 6,067
Chicago has a lot of these "yuppies". Go anywhere downtown, keep walking north through the Gold Coast, Old Towne, Lincoln Park, and even into Lakeview. There's so many, Chicago has coined their own term, labeling them "Chads" and "Trixies".
Chicago has a lot of these "yuppies". Go anywhere downtown, keep walking north through the Gold Coast, Old Towne, Lincoln Park, and even into Lakeview. There's so many, Chicago has coined their own term, labeling them "Chads" and "Trixies".
chicago has it easy, definitely has them but not as dominating in the culture, go to california new york or dc if you want to see the real deal, just on another level.
my vote goes for manhattan...easily, other regions have some people making decent pocket change, but the epicenter of the megabucks is in manhattan.
chicago has it easy, definitely has them but not as dominating in the culture, go to california new york or dc if you want to see the real deal, just on another level.
my vote goes for manhattan...easily, other regions have some people making decent pocket change, but the epicenter of the megabucks is in manhattan.
New York (and Manhattan in particular) with its economical might and hosting two major business districts and most Fortune 500 and international corporations in the US pulls a lots of talent both from within the US and abroad. A lot of this talent are very young kids. Add to this media/arts market that dwarfs anything else in the US and as a result you get plenty of young people making 6 figures or more. New York is a yuppie bonanza and young professionals really set the tone for the entire city. Everything and everybody tries to cater to this upward moving crowd, their spending habits and preferences.
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