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?

I notice the similarities in the way social class in reading 4.1 and 4.2 both are inequity.

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?

3.Based on Reading 4.2, do you notice a general pattern about social classes in NYC?

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?

The similarities to identify individuals social class both reading are most likely basic on income level. The reading in 4.1 discusses how American categorize themselves into different social classes. Unsurprisingly, most of them still follow the traditional way of hierarchy in society. In fact, in history or in real life, some people are doing or have done great things that have profound impact on the world, but they might classify as lower class. Such as Vincent Willem van Gogh, who’s work of art had impacted the world deeply after his death. Another phenomenon is that people in the lower-class society can only be solidified under their current social status, and it is hard to break the boundaries to reach middle or upper-class because of their own efforts. The reading in 4.2 mainly exhibits income inequality, especially New York City. I clicked those familiar subway lines such as  B, Q, D, and N trains. According to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, it is pretty accurate, and highest median household income from Chambers Street, Park Place neighborhoods. But surprisingly the lower household income from Sutter Avenue, on the L in Brooklyn. The differential between the highest and the lowest income is $192,904 which is enormous inequality. 

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?

According to concepts from reading 4.1, the closest stations of my neighborhood are working class and middle class. I am not surprised by the answer. I feel it’s a pretty accurate representation of the people living in my neighborhood. But there’s a Jewish neighborhood just one avenue away from where I live, and obviously they are a lot more higher class then others.

3. Based on Reading 4.2, do you notice a general pattern about social classes in NYC?

According to Reading 4.2, which indicates a tremendous income gap between the richest and the poorest in NYC by a line graph. To check the data from Census Bureau one can click every line of the subway map. The income inequality in NY is really astonishing to me. For instance, the average income for residents in Chamber St. is $205,192. In contrast, the Fulton St. residents make $62,927. They are actually two adjacent stations in A line, but the difference in income gap is $142,265. Hopefully people would have a little more equal opportunity for minorities to gain a certain social status by their own education, training and talents.  

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?

The similarities in the way social class is discussed in readings 4.1 and 4.2 are both use data to determine the social class.The difference in the way social class is discussed in readings 4.1 and 4.2 are using many different sides of variable datas, while 4.2 only used the income data that was only limited to the subway station area.

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?

The social class of the nearest station to me is middle class or Upper-middle class. I was very surprised, I don’t know about my neighborhood, but my family is closer to the lower class. 

3. Based on Reading 4.2, do you notice a general pattern about social classes in NYC?

Manhattan always has the highest income, people with more money willing to live in Manhattan.

The word class and especially the term social class have been and remain a source of great confusion in social science. It is the intention of the readings to contribute to social theory by systematically analyzing these terms in a more comprehensive manner than has been heretofore attempted. There exist similarities in the way the term social class is discussed. Both articles highlight that social class is defined by a variety of socioeconomic variables including individual wealth, occupation, and education. This results in the classification of people into a variety of groups (rich, middle income, or poor). The only notifiable difference between reading 4.1 and 4.2 relates to the integration of other factors such as education as a trigger to the amount of wealth generated by an individual.

New York is the closest city. Using concepts from both readings the social class in my neighborhood is middle-class. I’m not surprised by the answer given that the data trend on median household income reflects the living conditions present in my neighborhood.

There exists a general pattern about social classes in NYC. Based on median household income, the residents can be categorized into different groups (upper-middle-class, middle class, or lower-middle-class)

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?
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?
3. Based on Reading 4.2, do you notice a general pattern about social classes in NYC?