> Yeah, that's true. But if you consider the boroughs of the city,
> you have the working class in Brooklyn in the south and Queens
> to the east. Manhattan would be the elite to the west. Isn't
> the Bronx to the north more upscale than Queens or Brooklyn?
No. It has Riverdale and a few other elite enclaves (primarily along the Westchester border), but overall, it ranks as the poorest of both New York City's five boroughs and New York State's 62 counties. (And considering some of the Appalachian counties upstate, that's pretty damn impressive.)