Most middle -
income earners will likely do just fine on 50 % to 60 % of their working
incomes, Hamilton notes, assuming that the major financial burdens of acquiring a home and
supporting children would no longer be in the
picture.
Now, this is a recipe for a pretty standard show, but what makes Sawyer's approach stand out is how his juxtapositions give us greater insight into a less
pictured part of California — not just lower
income neighborhoods, but the social and governmental structures that
support them.