シンプソンズのホーマー　富裕層だった

こんな記事を見つけた。どうやらシンプソンズのホーマーは今アメリカでは恵まれた地位といわれるらしい。

The Life in 'The Simpsons' Is No Longer Attainable

The most famous dysfunctional family of 1990s television enjoyed, by today’s standards, an almost dreamily secure existence that now seems out of reach for all too many Americans. I refer, of course, to the Simpsons. Homer, a high-school graduate whose union job at the nuclear-power plant required little technical skill, supported a family of five. A home, a car, food, regular doctor’s appointments, and enough left over for plenty of beer at the local bar were all attainable on a single working-class salary. Bart might have had to find $1,000 for the family to go to England, but he didn’t have to worry that his parents would lose their home.

ホーマーの学歴: 高卒

ホーマーの生活:　原発の職員(高度な技術不要)。家族5人を養う(ホーマー1人で)、車と家持ち、掛かりつけの医者がいる、バーで大量にビールを飲む、イギリスに行くための1000ドルをポンと出せる

確かにこれは日本でも富裕層だ。

Are The Simpsons Still Middle Class? : The Indicator from Planet Money

Over 30 years later, however, the Simpsons' life doesn't feel so normal anymore. The idea that you could have one breadwinner working a job at a power plant supporting a family of five in the suburbs seems a little ... unattainable.

日本ではクレヨンしんちゃんの野原ひろしは恵まれているとみなされているがアメリカでもホーマーがそう思われている。彼らはかつて日本/アメリカではごく普通の家族を養う男だった。これは中産階級の崩壊だという人もいる。