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> > Doug, I think you need to get out of New York and talk to some actual
> > working people around the U.S.
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>This line drives me crazy. There are plenty of working people right
>here in NYC.
The New York metro area has 22 million people and the Los Angeles metro area has 13 million (17 if you include the Inland Empire).
That's 39 million people out of 300 million total. There is no need to leave New York or Los Angeles to talk to "actual working people."