Does DCUM skew uber-wealthy?

[Anonymous]

I think it does. I’m not from DC and came to this forum to discuss my UMC problems because I didn’t have any UMC friends.

I don’t know anyone in real life who has hired a nanny or a housekeeper, sends their kids to multiple expensive camps for summer childcare, or just hires out xyz inconvenient thing. I had no idea how to do it and got a lot of good advice.

I’ve made work friends and things over the years, but I stay on here because I can’t leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe Jeff has said in the past that the DCUM demographic skews wealthy. I mean, some of the wealthiest counties in the country are right here, so it shouldn't be a surprise.

No, but there's also some hugely solid middle and working-class areas here too. Are those folks not browsing DCUM?

It seems like not as much. This place has topics that draw wealthy people and make others feel inferior.

Others don't feel inferior unless they want to. Rich people are allowed to talk. I am not rich but I like hearing insights from financially successful people as they discuss their lives. I am not a hater and a pocket watcher and I don't throw the word "boomer" around though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it does. I’m not from DC and came to this forum to discuss my UMC problems because I didn’t have any UMC friends.

I don’t know anyone in real life who has hired a nanny or a housekeeper, sends their kids to multiple expensive camps for summer childcare, or just hires out xyz inconvenient thing. I had no idea how to do it and got a lot of good advice.

I’ve made work friends and things over the years, but I stay on here because I can’t leave.

Same.

[Anonymous]

People - a nice single family home in DC, or close-in MD/VA easily costs $2m+. Probably more.

That means virtually every family living in a nice SFM home in DC, Bethesda, Arlington, or McLean has a HHI of at LEAST $600k+. Probably a third have anHHI of $1million+.

That's tens of thousands of families in the area making large incomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get the impression from many of the forums that this is not as true as it used to be, and that many less well off people (for lack of a better description) have found their way to the forums.

What does this mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it does. I’m not from DC and came to this forum to discuss my UMC problems because I didn’t have any UMC friends.

I don’t know anyone in real life who has hired a nanny or a housekeeper, sends their kids to multiple expensive camps for summer childcare, or just hires out xyz inconvenient thing. I had no idea how to do it and got a lot of good advice.

I’ve made work friends and things over the years, but I stay on here because I can’t leave.

I felt this deep in my soul.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get the impression from many of the forums that this is not as true as it used to be, and that many less well off people (for lack of a better description) have found their way to the forums.

What does this mean?

It means unfortunately lower common classes now have access to the internet and are infiltrating websites and forums where in the past they would not have been able to access.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People - a nice single family home in DC, or close-in MD/VA easily costs $2m+. Probably more.

That means virtually every family living in a nice SFM home in DC, Bethesda, Arlington, or McLean has a HHI of at LEAST $600k+. Probably a third have anHHI of $1million+.

That's tens of thousands of families in the area making large incomes.

This is a great example of why the forums appear wealthier than they are (and why advice here needs a lot of salt). Those $2M houses did not cost $2M 10 years ago, and if they are new builds the owner was usually on the property ladder before. In my neighborhood it's very common to have a now-$1.5M house on a $300k HHI because you bought a while back and/or traded up. That's still a high HHI nationally! But not unusual for a two income family here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure it skews uber wealthy. I think it might skew poser.

Thus. Look at all the threads about how to dress/act like old money.