03-10-2014, 03:58 PM
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New England Hick
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: CT
Posts: 1,501
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Originally Posted by dynalow
As to the article, do you think there might be an inherent built-in bias in play? A Berkeley study? Standing on a corner looking at cars seems a pretty unscientific way to judge incomes/net worth. Is Warren Buffett still driving around Omaha in a 10 year old Cadillac?  |
That thought certainly popped into my head when I read
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Those in snazzier, higher-status cars were four times more likely to cut off some guy driving a beat-up van, and three times as likely to cut off pedestrians in a crosswalk.
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