CBC British ColumbiaMar 25
Rock climbing injected $25.4M into Squamish economy in 2025: report
"People who are rock climbing, they have careers, they have money, we are becoming more affluent than we were 20 years ago," said climber.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rock-climbing-in-squamish-produced-25-4-million-in-local-spending-in-2025-9.7142118?cmp=rss
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Mar 12
“ #Wealth concentration is so intense that it is even causing a divergence among #luxury-goodscompanies: Brands such as #Cartier or #Hermès that cater to the #superwealthy are soaring, while sales at labels that rely on #affluent #middle-classconsumers are slack.” www.wsj.com/finance/bill...

Billionaires’ Low Taxes Are Be...
Kpop News HubFeb 6
"Single's Inferno" Choi Mina Sue's Extremely Affluent Family Revealed Through Her Aunt #Affluent #Aunt #Choi #Extremely #Family #Inferno #Mina #Revealed #Singles #sues
https://kpopnewshub.com/singles-inferno-choi-mina-sues-extremely-affluent-family-revealed-through-her-aunt/?fsp_sid=10460
"Single's Inferno" Choi Mina Sue's Extremely Affluent Family Revealed Through Her Aunt - KpopNewsHub – Latest K-Pop News, Idols & Korean Entertainment

The family background of Single’s Inferno 5 contestant Choi Mina Sue is gaining renewed attention after netizens uncovered an old YouTube video featuring her

Kpop News Hub
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Oct 22, 2025
“while the #economy is growing thanks to #AI spending, it’s a #K-shaped #expansion: People who were already #affluent are becoming more so, but the less well-off are under severe pressure” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-us-eco...

The U.S. Economy is in Worse S...
The U.S. Economy is in Worse Shape Than it Looks

No recession so far, but the no-hiring economy is hurting workers

Paul Krugman
Stuart D NeilsonFeb 13, 2025

#Pedestrian fatalities have risen 83% from a low in 2009. Bigger, heavier #SUV s & distraction play a part.

The largest factor is night-time speed on urban arterial routes, common in older, socially #deprived, multifamily housing & "arts/entertainment/food/accommodations" #neighborhoods, disproportionately affecting less #affluent people.

#Cars are prioritized over #walkers & #cyclists, with a lack of sidewalks & crossings on wide roads with retail locations.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/common-factors-link-rise-in-pedestrian-deaths-fixing-them-will-be-tough/

Common factors link rise in pedestrian deaths—fixing them will be tough

A new AAA study finds common factors in the rise of fatal pedestrian crashes.

Ars Technica
Steve Dustcircle 🌹Dec 4, 2024

#Giving Away #Money Is #Good for You

Excess #wealth is associated with lower #empathy, #addiction and even #unhappiness. Among #affluent young people, a #radical movement of extreme #generosity is on the rise.

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/giving-away-money-is-good-for-you/

Giving Away Money Is Good for You

Excess wealth is associated with lower empathy, addiction and even unhappiness. Among affluent young people, a radical movement of extreme generosity is on the rise.

Reasons to be Cheerful
Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐Nov 10, 2024

Advancing #technology was sold to us under the idea that it would lift everyone out of #drudgery, but as we can all plainly see, it was only ever intended to elevate a select #elite and reduce the rest of us to drudges to serve the #ruling and #affluent #monopoly #ownership classes, their mandarins, and their machines.

America is now a #ThirdWorld #colonial extraction #economy. The sun will always set on any #empire, given enough time and enough #weapons in the hands of the colonized.

Show threadSean MurthyNov 4, 2024

Of course, #colorful and #beautiful things can also be #affluent:

1. A silver plate shaped like plantain leaf with food offerings ("naiwedya"). Offered here, clockwise from left top: paayasa, kosambari, chitraanna, palya

2. A decorated idol of Krishna in a silver encasing ("mantapa")

#photography #amateur #rituals #hindu

Climate change is realOct 19, 2024
Victorian government to rezone #affluent areas in bid to attract ‘locked out’ young people to 50 suburbs | #housingcrisis https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/20/victorian-government-rezone-planning-brighton-toorak?CMP=share_btn_url
Victorian government to rezone affluent areas in bid to attract ‘locked out’ young people to 50 suburbs

Planning overhaul will clear way for buildings of up to 20 storeys near stations including Brighton and Toorak in a move likely to draw strong opposition

The Guardian
Chuck DarwinAug 17, 2024

Higher prices have proved to be
🆘 one shock too many for the #poor, while
❇️ the #affluent grumble and go about their lives.

The end of pandemic-era benefits, including the expanded child tax credit, which expired in 2021, pushed an estimated 3 million children in the United States back into the poverty they had only recently escaped.

Median household income, adjusted for inflation, fell in 2022 for the third consecutive year, according to the Census Bureau.

“We talk about being more divided than ever. I don’t know if it’s a Republican or a Democrat divide.

It’s a class divide.

People are #desperate or they’re #inconvenienced.

You’re one or the other,” said Chris Groner, 51, the Erie PA director of development finance.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/08/17/erie-politics-inflation-left-behind/

For Pa. presidential bellwether, inflation is just the latest challenge

In Erie — a bellwether county that voted for Obama, Trump and Biden — inflation is just part of the reason why voters don’t trust politicians on the economy.

The Washington Post