THE AMERICAN FLAG in AN AMERICAN STUDIES

So I took a walk around my neighborhood this morning to see a few different flags that I thought had interesting stories behind them.... I'm going to discuss this one though.

So friday in class, we were talking about class.  Haha, no but seriously, we were talking about how to determine different social classes.... by the kind of car they drive? their property value? their income? the prestige of their job title? Then we got to talking about whether or not we thought people living in small houses would be more likely to hang THE american flag outside their home, or if we thought someone with a big house would.  As I was walking, I saw exactly that....

This was the flag I saw at the house.  It was not just hung by a door, but it was high, on a flagpole as if the flag was above everything, and we look up at it.  The flag was ripped in the upper right corner and is very faded, I wouldn't say that that is neglect or mistreatment of the flag, but I would say that it is showing that the flag has been up for a while and has been through a lot, just as America has.  More important than the placement of the flag, or it's condition, was what house the flag was at....

This is a picture of the house where the flag was a-wavin'.  Smaller house in Glenview, with two cars parked outside.  I wouldn't consider these two cars the nicest cars, but cars nonetheless.   I thought this was interesting because this is showing exactly what we talked about.  I would place the person (s) who live here as middle class based on what they see... what do you think??

And I just want to point out that they were the house that had THE American flag waving... unlike all of the other bigger houses on the street.