1.In reading 4.1, it talks about how Americans place themselves in social classes, and what contributes to their scaling. It also mentions how the way in which they place themselves could often be wrong. In reading 4.2 it uses the different subway lines to show what class people typically are in rather than asking the people themselves. A similarity between the two articles is they both aim to classify people into a social class using their own methods.

2. The closest train to my house is the R train, and based on that I would say my neighborhood is mainly comprised of middle class people/families. I am not surprised by this answer since I am aware of the current issue of house pricing in my neighborhood, so it makes sense that it is made up of the middle class.

3. The reading outlines the different social classes broken up by the area in which you reside in. Places such as Manhattan have a higher social class than people who would live in the Bronx. It not so much about the subway you ride as much as it is the place you ride it to or from.