NY Times: New Yorkers Are Idiots
This article from today’s New York Times on the alleged housing bubble underscores the difference in education levels in Republican vs. Democratic strongholds. Check out these two consecutive paragraphs:
But the experts worry that problems may be just over the horizon, especially in markets where housing prices have risen far faster than personal income. Here in Orange County [California], one of the frothiest markets of all, the median price of a single-family home is $572,000, up 28 percent in the last year alone.
In the New York area, the median home price - half were less expensive, half more expensive - rose 88 percent from 1998 to 2003, to $353,000 from $188,100; in Miami, prices jumped to $226,800 from $121,500. The median home price for the Washington area increased to $286,200 from $172,100.
Notice how they casually assume any reader interested in the housing market in Orange County, CA probably knows what the word “median” means; it’s only when they go on to discuss New York prices that they feel the need to spell it out for the reader. On the bright side, the Times staff does assume that even New Yorkers know what such words as “expensive” and “percent” mean.
July 9th, 2004 at 5:00 pm
You’ve been lucky enough to just have learned what those of us who live closer to NY have known for years….