Poor Middle Class

An immigrant, and even an American coming to New York City, will most probably hear something like "everything is so overpriced here, you know. It's the most expensive place on the Earth" (Thanks God, the last statement is not quite accurate, but still...) "Car insurance is so expensive here in the City, the real estate prices are unbelievable", and so on. If you try to ask "why do you live here then?", the answer's gonna be like "hey, you can move to some Midwest, but what are you going to do there?" Now, this is an awesome attitude. Like America doesn't exist beyond the Five Boroughs, and the Tri-State area. Just dare to answer "I'm going to just live there in Midwest!" - and you'll be rewarded with a look like they're looking on a mentally disordered person.\

Well, some people will be more honest with themselves, and they will just say "I love the lifestyle in the City!" At least at the time they say that, they do believe in what they're saying.

Salaries in the City are high. But the prices are even higher. Most people do not recognize that their high salaries are not even equivalent to salaries two or three times lower in Nebraska or Oklahoma. Oh, by the way, New Yorkers will not mentioned Nebraska but with a giggle. It's just the way they think about the "province".

So, here is my little point for today: people just don't like the very idea of starting to think about their life. No wonder, they can't get control on their own lives. Many people are even afraid to think about moving, though even when they understand the economical benefits of it, they can't afford to look ridiculous in the eyes of their fellows from The Big City (mainly NYC and SF, I have to say.) They look ridiculous to me though, but they probably don't care about it. :) They still are ridiculous, because in Midwest, or Nebraska, or Aa-laa-baa-maa (funny name for some New Yorkers, for some reason) people live better than millionairs in Connecticut or New Jersey, in zero-crime neighbourhoods, live longer and less stressfull lives.

Well... today's message is a little messy, isn't it? But I bet, you've got the point.

Here I come to share my thoughts about the Live, the Universe, the Money, and the Poverty of the Middle Class.

Hey, wait a second. Those guys driving bimmers and caddies, aren't they affluent, which is rather the opposite of poor?
Some of them are. Most of them are not.

Here in this blog we're going to discuss so many trivial things, that so manyof the people probably had heard so many times, but never even tried to really understand.

Hey, bud! What are you looking at? Is that a new iPod? WOW! It's a really cute little thing. You've spent hours of your time just to spend another hundred dollars. Which means, you're still spending money. Why didn't you spend same amount of time to MAKE same amount of money, and also to learn to make even more money? Have you ever stopped and thought about it?

Here is how it all begins. You have to STOP and THINK. It's as simple as it sounds. Stop and think for a moment: who am I? What's my goal? WHAT IS THE GOAL OF MY LIFE?

Am I going to find a cure for cancer? Go to the Moon? Or just sit in my office all my day, over and over, which is not very different from "flipping the burgers" (God knows, why middle class professionals consider this work less important than what people with university degrees are doing.)

Let's talk about all this. Let's go into it. Let's find the true place of the Middle Class in modern economy.