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In response to
"Interesting, but obviously skewed based on his limited experiences at CMU and Silicon Valley"
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ty97
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I think this has more to do with his experiences in India, where the differences between rich, middle-class and poor are much greater, and middle
Posted by
Roger More (aka rogermore)
Sep 2 '13, 15:39
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class starts at $10K a year.
Most people in the US - including many people considered to be very poor - have a car, a DVD player, a cellphone, etc.
In India, almost none of the poor have any of these, and the middle class would probably only have a cellphone.
"Everyone shops at the same places" is an exaggeration, but if you go to Costco or Wal-Mart or the Apple Store or the Gap, you'll see a lot of people shopping there who have different income levels. I don't think that's the case in India.
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