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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many threads on strivers, is this trashy/low class, how to fit in with the upper crust.  And it transcends all topics....parenting, real estate (duh), schools, travel, food, clothes, careers.  Is this food trashy? OMG I can't believe you take your family XYZ on vacation, it's so poor/trashy/middle class.  The intense preoccupation with picking THE right school, neighborhood.  The anxiety of having average kids (no AAP, average colleges, just ok in sports).  Is DCUM just a microcosm of upper middle class people's intense anxiety over class and falling out of said class?   Is it because DMV is a place of strivers and DCUM is a classist cesspool? Or if we dig deeper, are people just panicking that their kids will not have the same opportunities?[/quote]

A little of this and a little of that.  This area is filled with people right in that top 3-8% of US HHI that are treading water and working hard not to go under.  And the reality is that a lot of the kids will have to work harder for fewer opportunities.
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If you are in the top 10% and treading water, it's best for everyone if you just drown.[/quote]

A long standing expectation in the US is that your quality of life increases along with your wages as you age and that you can expect your children to have as good as or better quality of life as you.  The vast majority of Americans have seen the opposite as their income falls against cost of living and their children see fewer opportunities.  The band that is staying the same (which I called "treading water) is in that top 3-8th percent.  Those above that point are seeing increased income and buying power.  Saying that income is flat against cost of living as they age isn't the same as saying they are living paycheck to paycheck which may be what you heard.
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