Earning $144,000 in Newport Beach may be affluent in many towns in the U.S.. But it probably counts as middle-class or lower-affluent in Newport Beach.
收入144,000美元，这在美国很多城市可能都算很多了，但在新港滩，可能也就是个中产阶级或准富裕水平。
What is more, the prevalence of couples who live together but aren't married may also distort the results, creating higher numbers of 'singles' in the stats who aren't really singles.
另外，由于同居但不结婚的现象比较普遍，排行榜的结果可能也存在失真，导致统计数据中的“单身”数量增多，而这些人实际上并不是单身。