{"id":7825,"date":"2024-02-25T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/?p=7825"},"modified":"2024-02-24T11:11:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:11:50","slug":"7825","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/2024\/02\/25\/7825\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitt Nivans Response to Discussion Board 4.1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. Do you notice any similarities in the way social class is discussed in readings 4.1 and 4.2? Do you notice any differences in the way these two readings DIFFERENTIATE between social classes?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both reading 4.1 and 4.2 place a focus on income level as a way of defining social class.  Reading 4.2 specifically only considers income for its data set and specifically uses median, not average, income levels to determine the data, thus showing the income that a majority of the population living there makes.  Reading 4.2, however, also places importance on other factors for social class, such as education level, age, race, employment, and whether an area is more urban or suburban.  Reading 4.2 places emphasis on self-determined social class, as well, instead of insisting on a firm definition, meaning that both articles do not completely define what social class is or could be.  Instead, they present it in a way that fits with the data they are sharing regarding social class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Pick the station closest to where you live. Using the concepts from Reading 4.1, what social class tends to live in your neighborhood? Are you surprised (or not) by the answer? Do you feel it is an accurate representation of the people living in your neighborhood?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The closest station to my location based on when this data was compiled would be the 34th St.-Penn Station stop on the A, C, and E lines, which gives a median income of $51,827.\u00a0 Using the concepts from the 4.1 reading and that income amount, I would label the neighborhood as low-income, which I do feel would be accurate for the neighborhood when the data was taken over a decade ago.\u00a0 There are several NYCHA buildings in the area and it generally was a less developed neighborhood that could be afforded on a smaller income.\u00a0 At that point, most people in my neighborhood appeared to be working class and the prices of shops and restaurants in the area reflected that.\u00a0 Overall, I am not shocked by the median income being $51,827 in the context of when the data was taken.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All that being said, I would love to see an updated data set as the closest subway to my home now would be the Hudson Yards stop on the 7 train that was opened after that data set was gathered.\u00a0 That half of the neighborhood appears to be upper-middle class due to the development of the Hudson Yards, the luxury buildings and mall that were built, and the increase in more expensive brands moving into the area.\u00a0 I wonder what the median income would look like with the two competing income levels, as the people living in the eastern part of my neighborhood seem largely unchanged while the western part of the neighborhood seems like it would be in a different social class based on income, age, and education level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Based on Reading 4.2, do you notice a general pattern about social classes in NYC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower and Middle Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn that are close to Manhattan seem, based on income level, to be at middle-to-upper-middle social class, while in most cases, further parts of Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens seem to be lower or working class.\u00a0 There are a few outliers, like Forest Hills and Mets-Willets Point in Queens and Grand Army Plaza and 7th Ave in Brooklyn that are closer to middle class, and stops such as 116th Street and upward or\u00a0Delancy St.-Essex Street in Manhattan that are notably lower or working class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Do you notice any similarities in the way social class is discussed in readings 4.1 and 4.2? Do you notice any differences in the way these two readings DIFFERENTIATE between social classes? Both reading 4.1 and 4.2 place a focus on income level as a way of defining social class.  Reading 4.2 specifically only…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7585,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-board-4-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7827,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825\/revisions\/7827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}