<p>1) drinking soda is unhealthy and something either old boomers stuck in their ways enjoy or people with low SES and a diabetic death wish continue to recklessly guzzle and 2) I’m middle class and in Metro Detroit, with friends who are mostly upper middle class. None of their families really even buy the stuff, let alone say “pop”. The last time I heard pop was in McDonald’s and probably like the Meijer beverage aisle, both by obviously lower class families.</p>
<p>Hense my assumption, via my experiences, that “pop” is something lower class families continue to use.</p>