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 of their similarity is that both aim to define social class based on household income and what role people are identifies as (lower, working, middle, upper…) but also both differentiate that the reading 4.1 is more specific and gives facts like education make working-class identification drops significantly and people usually define themselves based on the social class they are surrounded by for example someone might be upper class but if there are people with more money so they identify as middle-upper class.
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?
=Based on my research the social class from my closest station (R train) are working and middle class mostly, which surprises me because the daily life is expensive for everyone specially in this city (considering the increasing cost of living).
3)Based on Reading 4.2, do you notice a general pattern about social classes in NYC?
=(Since reading 4.2 is not working at this moment this answer is based on research)
The general pattern is where the upper and lower class are distributed, these are areas that the living cost varies and is affordable for them for example living in Manhattan is way more expensive than Queens and somebody from the upper class will be likely in Manhattan more than Queens and it is the same the other way around