Q: I love the lyric "this looks like a twelve-figure income town." Can you explain it in a bit more depth? Thanks
A: "6 figure income" means your yearly income (money) has 6 digits. so like 500,000 dollars a year is a "6 figure income." 5,000,000 dollars a year would be a 7 figure income. that lyric is from the song new canaan, which tells the story of an aimless exploratory trip to a random town accessible via the New York transit system. one of the most immediately notable traits of the town is that it seems to be a really rich town. a '6-figure income town' would be a town where people with a 6-figure income might live. 12-figures is surely an exaggeration, but it seemed to be the number that fit the best in the song at that time