That is legitimately exactly how I think I was introduced to you at an OCDP event (~10 years ago fwiw)

And sorry if I mischaracterized your argument, but you did also say that the takeaway ought to be that "the original poster is basically right"

Sorry, but I think the choice of Brookline for this comparison totally undermines the argument. Its not even representative of Greater Boston, let alone of the country.

IOW, if $140k is at all tight in Brookline, then the answer to your 2nd question is "obviously yes"

Even within a metro area? A post I've seen and responded to is talking about a budget in Brookline. You can surely live in more affordable areas within the Boston metro area while keeping your 130k job.

Sorry, but my work takes me to places like Pontiac or Detroit, where people are legitimately income constrained and suffering deprivations to health and education. If I told them that 140k was the poverty line they'd ban me from the city limits

Sure, but the problem is that if you make it known that you will overlook some amount of fraud, it will quickly rise to a level that is very suboptimal.

Guy who joins r/wmd and becomes a nuclear weapons psuedo-snob one week later

early-mid 2010s NCIS was peak though

Could be lots of "don't know"s

Sure, but a) firehouse primaries would be a massive logistics undertaking to ask of often-underfunded state parties (for unclear benefit) and b) to your caveat, we probably shouldn't select a nominee without input from MI, WI, GA, or TX voters, among others.

Not to say something is impossible in 2025, but this seems impossibly unlikely, especially since the DNC has moved away from party-controlled caucuses. As the article notes, you'd need a bunch of states, including split and red legislatures, to approve legal changes

One legitimate surprise to me: an equal proportion of 18-29 y.os use FB on a daily basis as use TikTok. That feels totally wrong intuitively, would love to see if there is other data to back that up.