I Wear Pants;896897 wrote:You mean an inbred?

fan_from_texas;896894 wrote:I'm looking at this link, which uses 2003 numbers and says that 16% of American families earn $100K or more. On our poll, I'd ballpark about 22-23% making over $100K. Considering (1) we're not a representative sample (more educated/affluent than average America), (2) these are 2003 numbers, so they're likely higher, (3) we're going to have self-selection bias, (4) we're pretty close to those numbers as it is, and (5) we're dealing with a small sample size--I think the poll numbers above are likely accurately reported. They don't jump out as immediately off-base.

If 20% of OCers claimed to make $500K or more, then sure, I'd be suspicious. But I wouldn't be surprised if 20% of the people responding to this poll are some combination of doctors, lawyers, engineers, small business owners, etc. who make an upper-middle class income.

se-alum;896986 wrote:Out of that 16%, how many families do you guess are single income families?? I agree that dual income families can pretty easily get to the 100K mark. It's fairly unusual, at least where I live, that an individual makes over 125K a year. The vast majority of individuals are going to fall in the 30-60K range.

THE4RINGZ;897001 wrote:If you respond to the survey, be careful. Justin will now know your income and will impose a revenue sharing for the upper income brackets.

justincredible;896996 wrote:82% is a vast majority.

se-alum;897008 wrote:According to the poll we have 32 people that make less than 60k, and 27 people that make greater than 60K. Those numbers just seem a bit skewed to me.

se-alum;897008 wrote:According to the poll we have 32 people that make less than 60k, and 27 people that make greater than 60K. Those numbers just seem a bit skewed to me.

justincredible;897020 wrote:I don't see why, $60k isn't an outrageous salary or anything. I'd say roughly half of people I hang out with on a regular basis make $60k in a year. It would be higher, but most of my wife's friends were from her days working at UC so they aren't making much.

justincredible;897020 wrote:I don't see why, $60k isn't an outrageous salary or anything. I'd say roughly half of people I hang out with on a regular basis make $60k in a year.

ernest_t_bass;897026 wrote:You also live in a suburban area, where COL is higher, therefore salaries need to be adjusted accordingly. In my neck of the woods, $60K is quite comfortable. I'm sure my mortgage is about the same that many people would pay for a small apartment in a suburban area.

se-alum;896986 wrote:Out of that 16%, how many families do you guess are single income families?? I agree that dual income families can pretty easily get to the 100K mark. It's fairly unusual, at least where I live, that an individual makes over 125K a year. The vast majority of individuals are going to fall in the 30-60K range.

ernest_t_bass;897026 wrote:You also live in a suburban area, where COL is higher, therefore salaries need to be adjusted accordingly. In my neck of the woods, $60K is quite comfortable. I'm sure my mortgage is about the same that many people would pay for a small apartment in a suburban area.

Manhattan Buckeye;897044 wrote:Once again I make a comment, and FFT does it better and smarter a minute earlier.

justincredible;897042 wrote:Right. There are probably plenty of people on here living in suburban areas.

Manhattan Buckeye;897044 wrote:Once again I make a comment, and FFT does it better and smarter a minute earlier.

ernest_t_bass;897052 wrote:No, there are not. You just made a claim about other people, so you now must prove it.

4cards;897050 wrote:...This guy would have made a lot more money ---->

and then some tool started this free minor league site!

justincredible;897066 wrote:You're a real son of a bitch, you know that?

justincredible;897020 wrote:I don't see why, $60k isn't an outrageous salary or anything. I'd say roughly half of people I hang out with on a regular basis make $60k in a year.