[TENN24]

Originally Posted by Tetto

I was wondering that myself...

Don't know EXACT salaries. Surgeons/doctors make a hell of a lot more than $250,000. A good executive will make more than that. etc. etc. Plus there are a lot of households in town that have dual incomes.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by TENN24

Don't know EXACT salaries.

That's what I thought.

[TENN24]

Do you know what "upper class" really is? It's not waking up and going to work everyday. It's not making 200, 300, 400, 500k per year. It's having a trust fund, living on an estate or a compound, going to ivy leagues because your grandfather sits on the board of trustees, etc. Sorry, but there are not entire sections of Glastonbury that are like this.

The main distinguishing feature of upper class is its ability to derive enormous incomes and wealth through techniques such as investment and money management, rather than simply engaging in wage-labor or salaried employment

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I think it is fair to say that the top 2% of earners within the United States constitutes as upper class. How many people do you know that actually sit on a trust fund? I have to tell you that most people in some of the wealthiest towns in the country do not even rely on trust funds. It is merely a fraction of 1 percent of the U.S. We are not talking about the ULTRA, mega ridiculously upper class but rather the upper class as a whole.

[TENN24]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

That's what I thought.

Listen, I don't know who you are but you are obviously not making a strong case by bagging on Glastonbury. There are towns very similar to it that you are saying nothing about.

If Glastonbury is simply 'average wealth' than what is Manchester, Wethersfield etc.? I believe those towns are more middle class than anything.

[basehead617]

Geez, hope this doesn't start getting too nasty in here!

It's funny, people throw around all kinds of impressions or second-hand info about various towns, then -- these stats finally give us some real numbers to chew on and interpret.. it's a much better point of entry for a discussion than 'my mom's brother's sister lives in x, she says y'.

Of course, it still doesn't solve things like 'which town is more snooty?' - we need some 'snooty scale' measurements in the census next time =)

[TENN24]

Originally Posted by basehead617

Geez, hope this doesn't start getting too nasty in here!

It's funny, people throw around all kinds of impressions or second-hand info about various towns, then -- these stats finally give us some real numbers to chew on and interpret.. it's a much better point of entry for a discussion than 'my mom's brother's sister lives in x, she says y'.

Of course, it still doesn't solve things like 'which town is more snooty?' - we need some 'snooty scale' measurements in the census next time =)

I'm not trying to get heated but am trying to defend a town that everybody seems to bash on these forums. It's rediculous. Similar towns have the same snob factor as well. I believe that the Farmington Valley area has towns all with similar demographics with one another which is why I believe 'snobiness factor' may not seem as high as in Glastonbury. When people from more modest means (i.e. surrounding towns to Glastonbury) interact with people from Glastonbury, they assume that the whole town is snobby.

[Tetto]

Originally Posted by TENN24

Don't know EXACT salaries. Surgeons/doctors make a hell of a lot more than $250,000. A good executive will make more than that. etc. etc. Plus there are a lot of households in town that have dual incomes.

Not the docs I know..And I know plenty; I'm in that business. There is tremendous downward pressure on costs these days, and that includes salaries. The docs that own their own practices with large patient populations and don't rely on govt reimbursement can make a good buck.

However, surgeon's can do pretty well, but it all depends...

[Tetto]

Originally Posted by TENN24

I'm not trying to get heated but am trying to defend a town that everybody seems to bash on these forums. It's rediculous. Similar towns have the same snob factor as well. I believe that the Farmington Valley area has towns all with similar demographics with one another which is why I believe 'snobiness factor' may not seem as high as in Glastonbury. When people from more modest means (i.e. surrounding towns to Glastonbury) interact with people from Glastonbury, they assume that the whole town is snobby.

I can speak from over 35 years experience living there and seeing the transformation Glastonbury. While there are people there that make big bucks, there's lots of DINKS who make ~200k combined. My observations are that these types who are relative newcomers to the town, try to come off as frigging royalty or something. It's really laughable, just ask Jayct...

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by TENN24

I think it is fair to say that the top 2% of earners within the United States constitutes as upper class. How many people do you know that actually sit on a trust fund? I have to tell you that most people in some of the wealthiest towns in the country do not even rely on trust funds. It is merely a fraction of 1 percent of the U.S. We are not talking about the ULTRA, mega ridiculously upper class but rather the upper class as a whole.

Actually, the "Upper Class" is the top 1%. How many people I know is a moot point, because they exist. Since you don't seem to know any, and you claim to know "many wealthy people" in Glastonbury, proves my point that the town is upper middle class.

Originally Posted by TENN24

Listen, I don't know who you are but you are obviously not making a strong case by bagging on Glastonbury. There are towns very similar to it that you are saying nothing about.

I guess you missed my post earlier in the thread where I said we shouldn't be singling Glastonbury out. That said, giving statistics proves my point. I have yet to see you provide anything other than "many people are wealthy".

Originally Posted by TENN24

If Glastonbury is simply 'average wealth' than what is Manchester, Wethersfield etc.? I believe those towns are more middle class than anything.

I said Glastonbury is upper middle class. That is not average - that is above average.

Reading comprehension.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Lowerdeck

Putnam 158th, Killingly 154th, Thompson 152nd, Plainfield 148th, bunch of nearby towns not even in the top 100.


This place just is lousy.

The incomes are fairly low, but the COL in that area is also the lowest in the state, so I think they're doing okay.

Towns that have a fairly high income and a lower COL than other towns that ranked closely to them are doing fairly well, like Hebron and Burlington. For example, Burlington ranked higher than Trumbull and Newtown, but it's a lot more affordable than the latter two.