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"Mom, there are certain things some people don't like to discuss with their parents. And I would appreciate it if you'd respect that I am one of those people and this is one of those things."

--me, trying to get my mother to shut up about her neighbor (in Manhattan in the 1960s) who apparently would coat various parts of herself--parts that would not be shown on primetime or possibly even latenight TV-- with peanut butter so that her CAT would lick it off. It was kind of amusing the first time she mentioned it, but it's kind of disturbing when it gets brought up second and third and fourth times. I do not want to have a conversation centered around that with my mother (who can be both prudish and crass, depending on how the planets are aligned*, or so it seems--I mean, she gets into an uproar when women show cleavage on TV.)

*i.e. randomly

Actually, I like how I phrased that. I'll have to file that sentence away for inevitable future use.

zip code demographics yanked from a few people

http://www.zipskinny.com/
current = where I live now
21218 = where I went to college and where I lived on my own
20850 = where I was born/the place my parents chose to settle and raise a family a la Mr and Mrs Mallard in Make Way For Ducklings.
current & 20850 are hugely different from each other in lots and lots of ways. I have some liberal guilt about this, but I'd like to experience living someplace where less than 20% of people are living below the poverty  line again.  It creates a very different world.

General Information:
ZIP	current	21218	20850
Population:	66,358	55,059	33,557
Density*:	9,593.4	12,692.4	2,334.5
Housing Units:	28,410	24,540	12,548
Land Area (sq. mi.):	6.9	4.3	14.4
Water Area (sq. mi.):		0.1	0.0
* People per square land mile
Educational Achievement:
ZIP	current	21218	20850
<9th grade:	8.6%	7.2%	3.7%
9-12th:	22.0%	19.9%	4.7%
H.S. grad:	30.3%	25.5%	13.8%
Some coll.:	19.6%	17.0%	14.6%
2 yr deg.:	3.6%	3.1%	4.5%
4 yr deg.:	8.6%	12.1%	27.5%
Grad/prof:	7.3%	15.3%	31.1%
H.S.+:	69.4%	72.9%	91.6%
4 yr+:	15.9%	27.4%	58.6%
Marital Status:
ZIP	current	21218	20850
Never married:	37.7%	52.4%	25.9%
Married:	34.3%	26.4%	58.9%
Separated:	5.9%	4.5%	2.0%
Widowed:	11.5%	7.3%	5.4%
Divorced:	10.7%	9.3%	7.9%
Stability/Newcomer Appeal:
ZIP	current	21218	20850
Same home 5+ yrs:	66.3%	50.3%	43.2%
Household Income:
ZIP	current	21218	20850
<$10,000:	18.9%	20.0%	4.4%
$10,000-$14,999:	8.9%	7.3%	3.2%
$15,000-$24,999:	17.2%	15.7%	5.0%
$25,000-$34,999:	12.7%	12.9%	6.4%
$35,000-$49,999:	16.3%	14.1%	11.6%
$50,000-$74,999:	14.6%	15.2%	19.7%
$75,000-$99,999:	5.7%	6.9%	14.1%
$100,000-$149,999:	3.9%	4.3%	19.4%
$150,000-$199,999:	0.9%	1.3%	9.8%
$200,000+:	0.8%	2.4%	6.5%
Median:	$28,687	$30,304	$74,655
Occupation:
ZIP	current	21218	20850
Mgt./Prof.:	27.4%	39.2%	60.2%
Service:	24.0%	20.4%	10.9%
Sales/Office:	29.0%	23.8%	22.0%
Fish./Farm./Forest.:		0.1%
Constr./Extr./Maint.:	6.8%	5.6%	3.4%
Prod./Trans.:	12.7%	10.9%	3.4%
Unemployment/Poverty:
ZIP	current	21218	20850
Unemployed:	6.1%	6.5%	2.5%
Below Pov. Line:	22.8%	23.4%	6.8%
Race:
ZIP	current	21218	20850
Hispanic/Latino:	1.2%	1.7%	8.4%
White*:	16.1%	24.4%	61.9%
Black*:	80.6%	67.5%	9.9%
Native American*:
Asian*:	0.4%	4.4%	17.2%
HI/Pac. Isl.*:
Other*:	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%
Multi*:	1.1%	1.6%	2.2%
* Does not include individuals in this racial group who identify as Hispanic/Latino.
Age/Sex:
ZIP	current	21218	20850
Males:	44.6%	47.8%	47.5%
Females:	55.4%	52.2%	52.5%
Median Age:	38.1	31.8	37.5

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