Becoming The Upper-Class Analysis

Whose land is it now and will it forever be? Meaning this land was made for everyone, but is becoming the upper-class. According to Ehrenreich, if a place is truly beautiful, ordinary people can’t afford to be there. As a result, the upper-class is what caused this dilemma in life for the working-class. However, leaving many people unaware of how the upper-class are financially deteriorating the working class by raising prices, leaving no affordable houses, and inadequate for opportunities. In particular, no college funds, typical family outing, or even small businesses. The upper-class tends to overcrowd cities, resort towns, and villages. Furthermore, within that time local businesses prices begin to skyrocket to the roof. That one beautiful …show more content…
As a matter of fact, there are communities that are mostly made up of workers that work at resorts vacation places. Suddenly, they no longer live there because of businessmen, businesswomen, or entrepreneurs barging in and building mansions and businesses over what used to be somebody “home”. In order to build and create unaffordable places where “ordinary” cannot go. For that reason, making it harder to travel to work than before because they have to live in different towns. “Some workers drive up to four hours a day…to be a bed-maker or a dishwasher” (Ehrenreich par. 11). So, the more expensive the town is the further it pushes their employees away. As a result, of that gentrification begins to break in leaving lower income families into crowded urban neighborhoods. Leaving their small businesses to either be knocked down or to run out of business. On the other hand, while gentrification is happening to lower-income families the wealthier business tends to be climbing to the top of the charts because of their new businesses they …show more content…
Starting with job losses, no money for college, and no family vacations/outings. Job losses are one of the main factors that have occurred. For instance, “Key West, Florida have seen more than 2,000 workers leave since the 2000 census” (Ehrenreich par.12). Many of those workers lost or quit their job because they were able to pay those lavish prices for a one-bedroom apartment. So eventually, they moved to a sustainable place where they are able to find a job that offers affordable housing. Also, the working-class are unable to send their kids to college financially. It’s hard to hand over large lump sums of cash when its time where there no affordable houses around. In fact, it is hard to take an average family anywhere now. According to Ehrenreich, baseball game tickets has rose along with museums admissions. The disadvantages that come along with being in the working class can be devastating when you are not able to afford or provide things you’ve always done with your