Summary

4.1 discussion by Rakibul Islam

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 noticed that there were similarities discussed in readings 4.1 and 4.2 on the social hierarchy which have 5 classes such as upper, upper-middle, middle, working and lower social classes. These readings both gives aspects of people’s income in their class and there role on the social hierarchy . The difference is 4.1 reading explains the social hierarchy class by explaining the different income the classes make and how they identify themselves on the social class and on reading 4.2 it focuses on external stuff like people’s daily means of transportation .

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 closest station is the 6 train Parkchester station on where I live. In my opinion I would say we have mostly middle class ,upper middle class or the working class living in my neighborhood. I would say the class is accurate because in my area the rent plays on the big role of having these classes on my neighborhood.

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

– Based on Reading 4.2 the general pattern i notice is that people that are living in lower or middle of Manhattan are in higher class than rest of the other boroughs.