English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.

Hi there,

I am wondering what the phrase 'at the other end' refers to?

...For Elliott Currie (1993: 145), writing during a different economic climate, the breeding conditions
for anomie are connected to drug abuse, and these conditions have grown
more severe: “It is not just that material prospects have dimmed for the relatively
young and poor, but that they have dimmed just when there has been an explosion
of affluence and a growing celebration of material consumption at the other end.”
This is exacerbated by the increasing gap between this country’s wealthiest citizens
and its poorest...

Many thanks!
Anna