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It's not about location, but socioeconomic class. Most people live in bubbles. How many people do you know who earn less than $51k per year? Because it turns out that's the majority of Americans. [1]

Similarly, how many households do you know with combined income of less than $62k? Because that is also the majority.

You're not going to find these people in BMWs or big houses, well not without life destroying debt at least. People being completely aloof of these data (or headlines like this one) are how you get November 5th.

[1] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_States



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