Charles Murray Maps "Bubbles" of Elitism

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Lessons from the Bubble Quiz part 3 - An increasingly heritable elite?



I'm not sure it's that significant because kids often live near their parents.

Haven't taken the test yet, but I'm skeptical of the concept. For one thing, I've lived in two of those "elite bubble" zip codes in Brooklyn and I doubt the 14 Greek immigrants crammed into a two-bedroom apartment (owned by a Greek slumlord, of course) in 11209 would agree with the results.

For another, I notice there are no "bubbles" in Staten Island, which is where the Mafiosi build their McMansions (much to the chagrin of the descendants of the original Dutch settlers, still clinging to the first guilder great-great-great-grandfather ever made).



ETA: Just took the quiz - 30.

But, jeez! Some of those questions make this guy more of a snob than Dinner or Ten Lubak.

And, excuse me, but Branson is the chauffeur on Downton Abbey. That should have been one of the options.

Lessons from the Bubble Quiz part 4

28. And now I live in one of the snobbiest zip codes in SF (although I would have put North Beach, Nob Hill, Pac Heights, and Russian Hill as snobbier than Haight-Ashbury, by a lot).

The last time I was at Haight-Ashbury a guy popped out of a bar, vomited on the sidewalk, and went back in. That happened around noon.

Obviously you grossed him out. Think about that for a moment.