"Who the hell is buying these things? There can't be that many wealthy people in the country."
You don't need to be wealthy, really. The only reason these are out of my range is because I'm saving up for a house. I'm not wealthy; I'm lower middle class.
There's a huge income disparity between different parts of the country. I used to live in the midwest, where if you made $30k/year you were considered borderline wealthy.
In NYC, and LA and SFO and other coastal cities, the cost of living is ridiculously higher, and the wages are too. Making $30k here wouldn't even get you a studio apartment in the South Bronx. Middle class *starts* at around $60k/year, and if you figure about 10% of that is going to go towards spending money, that's $6,000.
It's kind of unfair, really, but it's unfair whichever side you're on, in different ways. I may make more than midwesterners do doing similar jobs, but they don't have to pay $5,000 a year in car insurance either.
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"Who the hell is buying these things? There can't be that many wealthy people in the country."
You don't need to be wealthy, really. The only reason these are out of my range is because I'm saving up for a house. I'm not wealthy; I'm lower middle class.
There's a huge income disparity between different parts of the country. I used to live in the midwest, where if you made $30k/year you were considered borderline wealthy.
In NYC, and LA and SFO and other coastal cities, the cost of living is ridiculously higher, and the wages are too. Making $30k here wouldn't even get you a studio apartment in the South Bronx. Middle class *starts* at around $60k/year, and if you figure about 10% of that is going to go towards spending money, that's $6,000.
It's kind of unfair, really, but it's unfair whichever side you're on, in different ways. I may make more than midwesterners do doing similar jobs, but they don't have to pay $5,000 a year in car insurance either.