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?

One similarity that was discussed in readings 4.1 and 4.2 is they are based on income, age, social class and race. Both also gives an idea of which area would be considered “rich”, “low”, “Working class” and “middle” class. The difference between the two is 4.1 only provide us an idea of the supposed incomes at each train stop but does not provide us with details as to who live at these stop, gender, race, etc. With 4.2 it provides a more deeper look into race, age, gender, etc of the class identification.

1. 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?

I live on Morris Park on the 5 train line but I am also walking distance from the 2 train line. I can say by looking at the train maps of both lines I am not surprised at what I see. For the 5 train the median is 70K which many people consider to be middle class. In this neighborhood it is very peaceful and provides a more suburban feel. There are more private houses over here than building. Whereas Pelham Parkway median is 39k which people consider to be working class. On Pelham Parkway there are more buildings and projects over in this area. Unfortunate to say when I receive citizen app notifications of crimes that has just occur it’s normally off of Pelham Parkway. Also up that way there are many homeless people that live around that area. I feel that people in both areas are hard working. Just with certain things such as landscaping. I believe a person have to have a solid, stable income in order to buy a house here in NYC. NYC property taxes are high let alone paying monthly payments on the house. I do believe it is an accurate representation of both areas.

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

Based on the reading 4.2 it shows that that the “wealth” and “Upper middle” classes were in the lower parts of manhattan. Whereas the poor parts outside of Manhattan.