Mr. Knight's access to classes may have something to do with his pocketbook.

They both came from large families - hers is a well-off Irish Catholic family from outside of Chicago.

My family have been prominent, well-to-dopeople in this Middle Western city for three generations.

Before Castro his mother' s family owned a huge store but when the communists came, they lost everything.

Disposable income remained high even during the recession and consumers ditched renting for the retail industry.