[cafard]

High on the hog by the standards of the big coastal cities, or high on the hog by the standards of Midwestern or Southern small towns?

A fair portion of the upper middle class, mostly "west of the park" (Rock Creek Park) uses the public schools: Eaton, Deal, Wilson is a common progression. And some those who can use the public magnets, Banneker, School Without Walls, Ellington. I am not talking here about the really rich, whom I do not know, but about the prosperous.

Yes, lobbyists, but there have always been lobbyist. Yes, contractors, but the DOD contractors tend to be in Virginia. Again, I don't think that there prosperity of the region as a whole has changed that much, rather the share of the region's prosperous who live in the District.

[rayiner]

> High on the hog by the standards of the big coastal cities, or high on the hog by the standards of Midwestern or Southern small towns?

Does it matter? Coastal cities have been rich for a long time. DC pulling away from the median dates to 2006.