[ThePhun1]

Originally Posted by Crawford

The top 5% are going to have a very different profile in, say, Manhattan than in some random American upper middle class suburban county.

And this thread's "highly educated" rankings are a bit fuzzy, because they're aren't weighted for educational quality. Harvard is considered the same as SW Dakota State or wherever. Someplace like NY County will have tons of Ivy League grads and equivalent, someplace like Wake County, NC (Raleigh metro) or Loudon County, VA (DC exurbia) will have tons of bachelors but comparatively few elite degree holders.

Also, are you sure Westchester County, NY isn't missing from that list? The economic profile of top 5% earners in Westchester shouldn't be that different from adjacent Fairfield County, CT. Both are heavily weighted towards finance, biglaw and c-level corporate.

You only go to Harvard or any Ivy League school for the connections these days or the prestige that comes with having a degree that says "Harvard" on it. If you don't want to be educated (formally or otherwise), that's on you. Both a Jackson State grad and Harvard grad can both do a job well if both apply themselves.