GOLDEN CHOICE by Lux Creative International: Check Out All These Rich New Yorkers Whining About How Poor They Are

Jan 6, 2012

Check Out All These Rich New Yorkers Whining About How Poor They Are

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For your amusement, check out this wonderful page at UrbanBaby.com (via @karolNYC), where NYCers are asked to reveal their annual income, and whether they feel rich or not.

The title of this page is: What's your hhi (household income) and do you FEEL poor, middle class, upper middle class or rich where you live. No judging.

But as you'll soon see, there's plenty of judging.

Below our favorite exchange

but there are a lot more on the page.

Last year 2mm, prior year 1mm, before that 475. Feel middle class. [ Reply | More ]

why? you have so much more than everyone else, how can that be in the middle? [ Reply | More ]

np And especially with such a fast and dramatic increase... [ Reply | More ]

We have about 700k in savings and about 500k of equity in our home then abou 250k in some private equity investment. The other thing is, so much of the income is deferred cash and deferred stock which usually goes down in value these days! [ Reply | More ]

Because, like other posters, she's an entitled whiner who compares herself to the richest three people in town rather than to the reality for most people. [ Reply | More ]

I dont mean to offend, and it sounds like a lot, but I feel like we should have more saved. I don't know where the money goes. [ Reply | More ]

Then figure it out and get a grip on reality. You are somehow plowing through the GDP of a third world country every year. You have a problem if you don't recognize that you are filthy rich. The vast majority of people in this country make about 1/33 what you make, so suck it up. [ Reply | More ]