Mr Murray starts by lamenting the isolation of a newupperclass, which he defines as the most successful 5% of adults (plus their spouses) working in managerial positions, the professions or the senior media.
Republicans outnumber Democrats by two to one in the district, which includes the Hamptons, the New York upper class's version of Disneyland, as well as several retirement communities.
The prevalence of wide-screen televisions, fancy stereos and home-karaoke machines in Shanghai apartments suggests that this new upper-middle class has more money than it admits to.