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I think there's one in Oklahoma as well! Much smaller.
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My apologies! I learn something new every day, I can't imagine what the good folks in Boise, Idaho think of their Oklahoman brethren!
As for 1overcosc's assertion of Ottawa being mainly middle-to-upper middle class, census data reflects this - however, Ottawa is not a single person making $88,000 or so a year.
Ottawa has a large number of working poor that I'm sure are invisible to the other half of the divide.
Ever fill up at a gas station? Been through the checkout at a grocery store lately? Had your car serviced somewhere? The people doing these jobs are not all summer students, nor are they federal government workers looking to re-connect with the common man on their off hours.
Saying there's no poor or working poor in Ottawa is painting a rosy glow over the city that is false, and can be construed as elitist. Did you know the city's social housing registry has a 10,000 person waitlist on top of the tens of thousands of units already occupied? That's on top of the two/three people pooling their money to afford the rent on a $1,200 apartment groups, and driving a '95 Sunfire to work that second job.
Median income is high, but by its very nature there has to be people at the low end of the scale to get it there.