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Are You 1% or the 99%?

This graffiti was posted on Shady Lane this weekend.

Someone graffiti-ed a stop sign on Shady Lane at Southwood, in Ross, just over the border from San Anselmo this weekend.

The graffiti reads: "1% we know where you live."

The inference of the graffiti is that the 1% lives here. And, they might not be wrong.

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As has grown and spread across the country, debates about income inequality have intensified, pitting the 1% of households against the majority of earners -- the 99%.

But, with the top 1% of households in the country earning more than $343,927, according to IRS data from 2009, that actually encompasses a significant percentage of households in Marin. According to 2009 community survey estimates, the median income in Marin is $89,019, making it one of the richest counties in the country, and 15.2% of households make more than $200,000.

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