I live in Jamaica, Queens, and the train station. I primarily use the Sutphin Boulevard Archer Avenue train station. This is a major transport hub with connection to the air train to JFK along with the Long Island railroad and then you have the regular train such as the E and the J train. Jamaica is a diverse place. It has a mix of working class and lower middle class residence a high immigrant community along with proximity to a public housing development, looking at the medium income of this part of Queens that would put their residence in the working class to middle class objectively many people work here in the transport industry, such as the airport and the MTA itself, healthcare and retail. Education levels vary. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m surprised by the social class that lives here and with the people that I see here at the train station the most I feel like it is an accurate description. Many people here are working class people who work blue-collar jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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