said by poolek:he least economically advantaged folks I know tend to be the ones with the priciest cable packages (and biggest TVs, for that matter).
I'm sure there's an interesting cause/effect debate in there somewhere....
It's the $30K millionaire syndrome. The less they make, the more they try to flaunt it.
In the case of TV, if you're well-off you also tend to not be parked on your ass with a cable TV remote embedded in your hand flipping channels all day, so a lower-class-style video addiction less likely.
Most people don't realize they're being played like a crack addict.