Does DCUM skew super wealthy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I make up stuff to mess with certain people's minds.

Loser

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most people I know in DC earn at least $300K+ HHI, many $500K+, and lots with some or a lot of family help. The area is just too expensive for families who don't earn a lot.

Plenty of people in DC earn less than 300k. For example, Walmart workers, Postal workers, gas station workers, school teachers, nurses etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I make up stuff to mess with certain people's minds.

Loser

Don’t put yourself down.

[Anonymous]

I’m a big law partner. Between other lawyers in private that I know, lots of lobbyists and in house counsel, SVPs and C suite types. . . most people in my DC world make “good money.” Many discussions on here about money ring true, although there’s definitely some trolling going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people I know in DC earn at least $300K+ HHI, many $500K+, and lots with some or a lot of family help. The area is just too expensive for families who don't earn a lot.

Plenty of people in DC earn less than 300k. For example, Walmart workers, Postal workers, gas station workers, school teachers, nurses etc.

Professors, federal workers, state government workers, military officers...

[Anonymous]

I think you can tell it’s mostly lies by how fixated posters are on HHI as a metric. Depending on the moment in your life and how much you’re worth, that number is going to bounce a lot and matter not so much.

Like if you’re 25 and you make $10k less than the guy in the next cubicle but you can tap a family trust for an AFR loan and you have no student loans, HHI is not a sufficient metric.

Similarly if you’re 40 and making $300k but the family next door making $300k has grandparents and/or trusts paying all kid tuition costs and they own their house without a mortgage, that’s not captured in HHI. It’s these sort of sideways things that I think make people feel like they’re not “keeping up” or whatever anyway.

[Anonymous]

I think it used to, not so much today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I make up stuff to mess with certain people's minds.

Loser

Don’t put yourself down.

How old are you...10? I agree with the previous comment. Anyone who makes up stuff to mess with anonymous posters is a loser.

[Anonymous]

It is this area. Everyone here is wealthy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people I know in DC earn at least $300K+ HHI, many $500K+, and lots with some or a lot of family help. The area is just too expensive for families who don't earn a lot.

Plenty of people in DC earn less than 300k. For example, Walmart workers, Postal workers, gas station workers, school teachers, nurses etc.

Professors, federal workers, state government workers, military officers...

Thank you! I openly laughed at the PP’s list of people who make less than 300K.

MOST people in the region make far less than 300K.

And let’s be completely honest. You can live really well in this region on far less than 300K. I should know.

[Anonymous]

there is a lot of self-selection. Many people who either don’t have a high salary or many assets/investments are not going to post. For that reason I’ve really enjoyed the “Am I the only one who thinks about money all the time” thread. Some seemingly more realistic posts there. It’s sort of like test optional schools. Only the students with high scores will report which skews overall test scores higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people I know in DC earn at least $300K+ HHI, many $500K+, and lots with some or a lot of family help. The area is just too expensive for families who don't earn a lot.

Plenty of people in DC earn less than 300k. For example, Walmart workers, Postal workers, gas station workers, school teachers, nurses etc.

Professors, federal workers, state government workers, military officers...

Thank you! I openly laughed at the PP’s list of people who make less than 300K.

MOST people in the region make far less than 300K.

And let’s be completely honest. You can live really well in this region on far less than 300K. I should know.

I think the PP that you are talking about was giving a few examples of workers that make less than 300K, which is why they put "etc" at the end of their comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everything I write is a lie

Examples? Are you serious because I never lie on here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people I know in DC earn at least $300K+ HHI, many $500K+, and lots with some or a lot of family help. The area is just too expensive for families who don't earn a lot.

Plenty of people in DC earn less than 300k. For example, Walmart workers, Postal workers, gas station workers, school teachers, nurses etc.

Sorry for the confusion. To clarify, I meant the people who I actually know - from kids' schools, neighbors, friends, etc. We're more likely to be on DCUM. Of course lots of people make far less.

[Anonymous]

The counties surrounding DC are known for having very high incomes. The top 10 counties for median HHI in the USA include Loudoun, Fairfax, Arlington, and Howard. And we know certain sections of DC are very high HHI. So if local people are posting here, it makes sense that they have higher than normal HHI.