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You're really arguing that littering and antisocial behavior has no link to socioeconomics (and thus, race)? Really? MLK Drive seems a lot more littered than 5th Avenue, seems to me. And I don't see many young swells taking their dates for a 3 am walk on Ocean.

Come on, man. Poor people litter more often. They commit more crime (putting aside the crimes of Wall Street). They get shot more often. They do more drugs. We can stop pretending now, okay?

I found this: Note the end of page 101 and 102

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=r ... economic%20debate&f=false

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The study could not distinguish who exactly did the littering across gender, age or on socio-economic basis. Three reasons identified as to why people litter included laziness, perception that litter is not an important environmental concern and excitement during special events like New Years Eve.

I personally would look at alcohol use that affects poor cognitive behavior in this situation, thus referring to the 'excitement' theory of the study.

Unfortunately society love's to stereotype and make ill-informed general judgements on individuals and situations.

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Nonsense, you feel "sorry" for her. You're shaking your head in a knowledgeable, world-weary way to cover up the fact that you don't have the balls to do/say what she did. Maybe her courage was lubricated by a little too much wine, but if more people simply said "nope, we don't put up with this crap around here", this would be a lot better place.

Excuse me???? Nonsense? Please don't tell me what you think I'm thinking or feeling?.you're so wrong?AGAIN!!! FYI, when someone accuses you of something you clearly know is false, they are accusing you of something that might be true of themselves. I don't have to cover up my feelings about this situation. I do feel sorry for her because she is clearly overwhelmed by the situation. I continually speak up (not rant) to people who drop their garbage. It continually falls on deaf ears. We've been over this same sort of issue for years with the the people who also can't be bothered to clean up after their dogs. They are self-centered, anti-social pigs. I feel sorry for all of us because, until more people speak up we will all have to put up with all the crap around here.

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Agreed. And if you have kids and presumably work to make that 100K, its really not going to go far in this neck of the woods. Good luck finding full time daycare for less than 18K a year. And if you have student loans (presumable to get a degree that allows you to make 100K), that's probably another 600 to 1000K per month payment, on top of your other expenses. At this rate, you are living paycheck to paycheck.

Gosh, I wasn't even thinking about kids. Can't really imagine kids in the NYC-metro on less than $250k-$300k/year.

That's because this is a thread about microapartments. The idea of a family, daycare etc doesn't really factor into the salary needed to comfortably afford a tiny studio apartment.

The thread may not be about kids, and it may have started with the micro apartments, but the most recent replies are in reaction to the statement made by blanquiita stating that 100K is a 90s-era income and that it shouldnt be considered mediocre.

I get that some people can make do on half that. Personally, I couldn't do it. Not at the level of life quality I have been able to achieve and would like to preserve. If that makes me an aloof, out of touch, two percenter (which, apparently, I am) then so be it. I like my life. I am not going to say that 100K is mediocre (I don't believe it is) but to repeat what someone else has said, it would depress me.