Would you consider these people rich or just average?

[Anonymous]

The most important question about being rich or not in Alabama was whether their lawn was pristine and no weeds and super green?
Bcs if I like something about the south, it is their pride in their lawn and their neighbourly competitions to keep the lawn the best.
Yes, they do care and compare. I'd like to spill over to Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Between Rich and “just average”, I would say rich. They are in no way “just average”.

[Anonymous]

Lower Upper middle class, maybe middle upper middle class. They would have to seriously downgrade their house here, but for Alabama they are rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In flyover country you don't have to make 7 figures to have two cars and a nice house. That's just crazy DC thinking.

Turns out most of the country is way nicer and has a way higher standard of living than DMV.

A tuakly most of the country is not really nicer...just has larger cookie cutter Mcmasions at low prices because their public schools and infrastructure suck and there are no airports/shopping/fine dining for hundreds of miles.

You have no idea what you're talking about. There are more historical houses, good schools, and nice restaurants available to the low-six-figure earner in Auburn or Montgomery or Mobile than within the greater DC area.

I just looked this up. Alabama has the 50th worst public schools out of the states and DC. I thought DC public schools were bad, but they are 21st. Similarities are that all of the rich people send their kids to private school because they don’t want their kids mingling with the poor (black/brown) people. In DC they pretend they aren’t racist, in Alabama they will be outwardly racist when with their own kind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In flyover country you don't have to make 7 figures to have two cars and a nice house. That's just crazy DC thinking.

Turns out most of the country is way nicer and has a way higher standard of living than DMV.

A tuakly most of the country is not really nicer...just has larger cookie cutter Mcmasions at low prices because their public schools and infrastructure suck and there are no airports/shopping/fine dining for hundreds of miles.

You have no idea what you're talking about. There are more historical houses, good schools, and nice restaurants available to the low-six-figure earner in Auburn or Montgomery or Mobile than within the greater DC area.

I just looked this up. Alabama has the 50th worst public schools out of the states and DC. I thought DC public schools were bad, but they are 21st. Similarities are that all of the rich people send their kids to private school because they don’t want their kids mingling with the poor (black/brown) people. In DC they pretend they aren’t racist, in Alabama they will be outwardly racist when with their own kind.

You just pointed out that their schools are ranked 50th in the country, yet you are assigning racism as the reason people use private schools?? That's not racism, it is caring about your kids education. You are so quick to always jump to racism. I teach in a private school in a private midwest school filled with blacks, hispanics, and whites. Are they all racist? Maybe no, they simply want their children to get a good education and live in a bad district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope live in nanny wasn’t black.

You don’t want black people around your kids?

[Anonymous]

Who cares if they are wealthy or not? Their standard of living is a lot better than mine and that is what counts

[Anonymous]

Alabama weather is terrible

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In flyover country you don't have to make 7 figures to have two cars and a nice house. That's just crazy DC thinking.

Turns out most of the country is way nicer and has a way higher standard of living than DMV.

A tuakly most of the country is not really nicer...just has larger cookie cutter Mcmasions at low prices because their public schools and infrastructure suck and there are no airports/shopping/fine dining for hundreds of miles.

You have no idea what you're talking about. There are more historical houses, good schools, and nice restaurants available to the low-six-figure earner in Auburn or Montgomery or Mobile than within the greater DC area.

+1. Add in Birmingham

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In flyover country you don't have to make 7 figures to have two cars and a nice house. That's just crazy DC thinking.

Turns out most of the country is way nicer and has a way higher standard of living than DMV.

A tuakly most of the country is not really nicer...just has larger cookie cutter Mcmasions at low prices because their public schools and infrastructure suck and there are no airports/shopping/fine dining for hundreds of miles.

You have no idea what you're talking about. There are more historical houses, good schools, and nice restaurants available to the low-six-figure earner in Auburn or Montgomery or Mobile than within the greater DC area.

I just looked this up. Alabama has the 50th worst public schools out of the states and DC. I thought DC public schools were bad, but they are 21st. Similarities are that all of the rich people send their kids to private school because they don’t want their kids mingling with the poor (black/brown) people. In DC they pretend they aren’t racist, in Alabama they will be outwardly racist when with their own kind.

Out of curiosity I poked around Mr. Google. I think I found the site that ranked Alabama at 50. The same site ranks Arizona as 51 FYI.

This seems more credible: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/profiles/stateprofile?sfj=NP&chort=1&sub=MAT&sj=&st=MN&year=2024R3 as it's a .gov site and Alabama seems average. Using the default 4th grade math, it's ranked not significantly different than national public, grouped with 30 states. By contrast 14 states ranked below national public, including California and West Virginia while 9 ranked performed significantly higher including TX, FL, MA, MN etc.

Schools are always local. I'm sure a rural district is very different from Huntsville or a Birmingham suburb. Just like anywhere in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In flyover country you don't have to make 7 figures to have two cars and a nice house. That's just crazy DC thinking.

Turns out most of the country is way nicer and has a way higher standard of living than DMV.

A tuakly most of the country is not really nicer...just has larger cookie cutter Mcmasions at low prices because their public schools and infrastructure suck and there are no airports/shopping/fine dining for hundreds of miles.

You have no idea what you're talking about. There are more historical houses, good schools, and nice restaurants available to the low-six-figure earner in Auburn or Montgomery or Mobile than within the greater DC area.

Except in Montgomery, you are also likely to be burglarized or get a stray bullet in those beautiful old homes. But yes, beautiful and affordable.

[Anonymous]

Alabama is a literal third world country. You can have a good life on an reasonable income. Most people have neither there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re known as “local elites.” Doctor, dentist, local RE developer, lawyer, franchise owner, car dealership owner, etc.

They probably make good money, but it stretches really far in Alabama. White people there know how good they have it….not much competition given the systemic issues there.

Lost us with "systemic" Miss Woke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re known as “local elites.” Doctor, dentist, local RE developer, lawyer, franchise owner, car dealership owner, etc.

They probably make good money, but it stretches really far in Alabama. White people there know how good they have it….not much competition given the systemic issues there.

Lost us with "systemic" Miss Woke.

Lost you with the third last word? Couldn't comprehend anything else because of it? Reading must be hard for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In flyover country you don't have to make 7 figures to have two cars and a nice house. That's just crazy DC thinking.

Turns out most of the country is way nicer and has a way higher standard of living than DMV.

A tuakly most of the country is not really nicer...just has larger cookie cutter Mcmasions at low prices because their public schools and infrastructure suck and there are no airports/shopping/fine dining for hundreds of miles.

This. Colleague of mine from our office in Huntsville came to our house in McLean briefly. He remarked on what a nice house it is, and that it must have cost at least $700k. Yeah...$2.7m and that was 10 yrs ago. Probably would be $700k in AL.

It's not crazy DC thinking, it's unfortunate DC reality.

Unless you are a Saudi, nothing in Mclean was bumping 3M in 2015.

Are you new here or just stupid? There are entire neighborhoods with houses that exceed that, even farther back than 2015.