Q4A: RP and wealth/social class?

That comment in your second paragraph was me. But it is a mistake to think that even in big cities the working class are not prevalent. I'm in a rural area about an hour drive from a very large well-known city.

Big cities have a stronger class distinction between WC and UMC. The WC are there just not in your nice suburbs. The WC drive in to the city and work, or get bussed in, and then leave because we can't afford the housing prices and don't want to live in the slums of the cities and will live in a rural area for decent housing and less crime.

As to the person below who mentioned nursing. Well nursing does provide a good wage, but nursing jobs are increasingly becoming harder to land and graduates no longer can be virtually guaranteed to go from school to job within a month of grad date.

Also, two-year RN degrees are no longer enough for my area and hospitals and their owned affliates are asking for bachelor's degrees. Leaving two-year RNs soon to be forced into lower paying nursing jobs.

As nursing becomes more crowded with qualified applicants, the better paying jobs in a nicer areas are taken by locals and graduates are being forced to work for lower pay in rural areas and try to get in one day with a better paying facility.

But living close to such a large city, means that employers will chose a local candidate who does not have to commute in. One accident on the interstate can turn an hour commute in to two hours one way and being late for your shift is a liability for the employer and a scheduling nightmare. So medical employers hire local.

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