1. The similarity that was most prominent between how both articles discussed social class was income, how income is distributed, and the inequalities in how it is distributed. The Gallup article looked into how people of different incomes viewed their social class from lower to upper, and the New Yorker article looking into the different incomes that range between specific subway lines in NYC. While both purposes are similar in how they incorporate the view of income in social classes are made up, I also think they are different in the way social class is viewed. The Gallup article focuses more on the subjective view of social class. This being how people assign themselves to social classes based on their socioeconomic factors. While the New Yorker gives a more objective view of social class in NYC based on different physical locations.
  2. Unfortunately, the infographic on the New Yorker article is currently down, but based on the into video for 4.1, I was able to see the stop I am closest to, which is Jamaica 179th St off the F-Line. I was not too surprised by the median income based on the video, and I also had an idea as to why the income drops from 179th to 169th at a significant portion. I think it may be because of Jamaica Estates, a more upper middle-class neighborhood, being not very far from the 179th street station.
  3. I do notice a pattern while riding the F-Line into the city on my commute to and from work. When starting at 179th and riding between Roosevelt Ave, I notice a higher number of blue-collar workers, nurses, and security guards. There is a spike in white-collar workers at Forest Hills – 71st Ave, and it tends to be more mixed when riding through Roosevelt Ave and Queensbridge. Right when you cross into Manhattan, the first stop being Roosevelt Island, there is a noticeable difference in how much higher the number of white-collar workers getting on or off the subways cart.

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