| You prefer? |
| why are you asking |
| Least among the wealthy. I don't really care about keeping up with the joneses, so I'd rather have more $ in the bank. |
| I don't want to be as rich as Donald. I want to be as rich as Putin. Is that clear? |
Deciding where to raise my family. Besides international vacations, what other expensive activities would my kids miss out on? |
Where on earth are you moving that they prohibit you from traveling internationally? I did the MOST international travel when I had the least money. |
| Neither. I like being right in the middle of the UMC. |
| High hhi among middle class and live a middle class lifestyle. |
I don't get it. |
| High HHI does not mean anything if you cannot save and grow your wealth. I want to be wealthy. That is different than being high income. |
| I'm confused. We need more detail OP |
| I'd rather have more money in an objective sense, as in $$$ in the bank. So whichever that option is. |
My kids are elementary age and I'm finding that everything basically requires private lessons. I mean, not really in the sense that you can pursue these activities without private instruction but in reality, yes you need one-on-one coaching if you want to progress. We have 2 kids in private tennis lessons and now one in private ice skating lessons. You just don't get enough attention in group lessons to make any progress. |
^ Also private ski and swim lessons but that's more normal. Also where I live, you basically have to join a country club to have a social life in the summer. That's expensive. 5 figure initiation fee and then monthly dues and fees of ~ $700. |
Agreed. Where I live (Montgomery County) it's considered gauche to only join one country club. We can manage one membership, but the second really eats into our middle class income. |