Phoenix84
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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 1, 2013 14:13:33 GMT -5
How do you think the demographics of YM differ from that of the general public? We've already established that there are more females on this message board than males, but what about other biographical information? For example (there I go making lists again ), do you think an average YM poster is more or less likely to be college educated than the general public. What about race, or age, or marrital status, or number of kids?
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Post by movingforward on Aug 1, 2013 14:16:55 GMT -5
I believe there is probably a higher percentage of college graduates on this board. Not sure about the other stuff...
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Post by busymom on Aug 1, 2013 14:45:55 GMT -5
Most of the people I talk with regularly have 4 or fewer kids. (Some have none!)
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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 1, 2013 14:48:51 GMT -5
I think the age spread is kind of interesting. It seems we have a lot of posters in the 30-60 range, but not too many under 30 or over 60. I seem to be one of the youngest posters as far as I can tell. I think firebird and Cawaiu might be a bit younger.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 14:51:30 GMT -5
I'll be politically incorrect and say what I think about race I think most YM'ers are law breakers and race regularly probably have wayyyyyy more speeding tickets than the general public
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Post by busymom on Aug 1, 2013 14:52:58 GMT -5
Eeeek! Have you been following me again?!?
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Aug 1, 2013 14:53:00 GMT -5
How do you think the demographics of YM differ from that of the general public? We've already established that there are more females on this message board than males, but what about other biographical information? For example (there I go making lists again ), do you think an average YM poster is more or less likely to be college educated than the general public. What about race, or age, or marrital status, or number of kids? I would change the above to "...are more smarter females...". I think the people here are more intuned to improving their lives in general and are wanting to be better at parenting, retirement, health and growing as individuals. I also think more people here are successful real estate owners.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 1, 2013 14:56:05 GMT -5
Hmmm, good point POM. I didn't think about profession. We do seem to have a above average number of real estate investors than the general public.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Aug 1, 2013 14:59:34 GMT -5
I think the average income on the board is higher than normal. And there are definitely a high number of accountants on here...good thing for all of you because accountants are a good time
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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 1, 2013 15:04:03 GMT -5
We also seem to have a fair number of lawyers for some reason, and scientists.
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Post by Bob Ross on Aug 1, 2013 15:04:03 GMT -5
Let's just say that if I could hawk white picket fence polish on here, I'd be a rich man. Also, how's everyone's 2.4 kids doing? (Don't answer that. I don't care about your kids.)
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Post by Pants on Aug 1, 2013 15:12:19 GMT -5
I think we're less diverse than the actual population. Every time I think someone is african american, it turns out they are actually white.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Aug 1, 2013 15:16:06 GMT -5
Hey I am under 30 thank you!
Based on what I see in my work building I think the YM posters have their shit together more than the public.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 15:29:32 GMT -5
Hey I am under 30 thank you! Based on what I see in my work building I think the YM posters have their shit together more than the public. There have been some pretty amazing turn around stories. And then we just beat the losers with Benjamins until they go away.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 1, 2013 15:39:10 GMT -5
Hey I am under 30 thank you! Based on what I see in my work building I think the YM posters have their shit together more than the public. There have been some pretty amazing turn around stories. And then we just beat the losers with Benjamins until they go away. Have I mentioned what a loser I am <<puts glue all over herself to grab some Benjamins>>
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Post by Pants on Aug 1, 2013 15:50:05 GMT -5
There have been some pretty amazing turn around stories. And then we just beat the losers with Benjamins until they go away. Have I mentioned what a loser I am <<puts glue all over herself to grab some Benjamins>> This is quite possibly the single most YM-ey statement in the history of YM.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 1, 2013 15:51:56 GMT -5
Have I mentioned what a loser I am <<puts glue all over herself to grab some Benjamins>> This is quite possibly the single most YM-ey statement in the history of YM. I've never been called Ym-ey before! I feel so.........so.....frugal!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 15:54:31 GMT -5
I think the average income on the board is higher than normal. And there are definitely a high number of accountants on here...good thing for all of you because accountants are a good time i can think of 4-5 real quick lets see...money board + accountant yep...makes sense to me
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 15:55:31 GMT -5
What about race, or age, or marrital status, or number of kids?I don't know about race. I think most of us are older & our running days are over. Really though, just as in life, what color skin you have doesn't matter. It's what's in your head & your heart. The whole race thing to me is a waste of time. I also think that sooner or later all men will realize it. Our true enemy is women. After all they are the one's that really drive us crazy! (Push up bra's, short skirts & I have a headache on their (TTWAG) lips). Grrrrrrr!
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Post by geenamercile on Aug 1, 2013 15:58:45 GMT -5
I believe there is probably a higher percentage of college graduates on this board. Not sure about the other stuff...
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Post by geenamercile on Aug 1, 2013 16:01:05 GMT -5
I think the average income on the board is higher than normal. And there are definitely a high number of accountants on here...good thing for all of you because accountants are a good time I think we may have one of the lowest incomes around 43,000.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 16:05:32 GMT -5
I think the average income on the board is higher than normal. And there are definitely a high number of accountants on here...good thing for all of you because accountants are a good time I think we may have one of the lowest incomes around 43,000. Actually I doubt that income is a huge factor (but could be wrong). Our income is pretty low by a lot of YM standards but on the other hand we live in a LCOL area & we probably have at least an average amount of spendable income.
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Post by Angel! on Aug 1, 2013 16:12:43 GMT -5
More white than the general population. More college educationed and most of those seem to be some sort of STEM degree or law school. Higher income than average and more likely to have investments and a retirement fund.
The one thing I have found interesting is it seems a high number of women posters are (or were) married to less educated, or lower income, or SAHD guys. Some of those guys seem to be very hard workers in what they do others seem to be losers.
I think some of the trends on YM make sense - HS grads working fast food/retail/construction don't have a lot of time to sit at a computer and BS with random strangers all day. You also figure that people with STEM degrees are going to be more interested in a lot of the money conversations than the general public. Really how many people enjoy sitting there and computing the difference between 3 different refinance options?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 16:15:14 GMT -5
due to the number of college grads, with a lot of them being higher degrees, i agree that average income is probably higher
but more importantly...i think average net worth is higher
what % of people on this board invest?
real estate, stocks, savings, art, merlot(for bimetal)
a lot of ym's have little or no debt
net worth is where we shine.....
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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 1, 2013 16:21:33 GMT -5
Race is a hard thing to know about someone from a message board. Unless someone specifically mentions their race, you really can't be sure.
Occupations seems to come up much more frequently.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 1, 2013 16:26:01 GMT -5
Most people would probably guess that a money message board would have more men than women. I wonder if women handle the family finances these days.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Aug 1, 2013 16:54:07 GMT -5
I would guess the usual "demographic" of a Ymer: college educated or higher, married later in life compared to earlier, delayed having children at least a few years, and had fewer children. Probably also less likely to be divorced, etc. All the usually correlations with education. Conservative spectrum end on the finances.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Aug 1, 2013 17:14:32 GMT -5
YM changed since MSN days. We used to get much more diverse crowd back then.
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Post by Angel! on Aug 1, 2013 17:19:34 GMT -5
YM changed since MSN days. We used to get much more diverse crowd back then. I miss that. I wish we had something that brought in fresh people more often.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Aug 1, 2013 17:47:32 GMT -5
I think we're less diverse than the actual population. Every time I think someone is african american, it turns out they are actually white. We're totally not hip. Just a bunch rich white people. *shudder*
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