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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friends growing up are still all in the midwest and I find them to be much the same.  They have 2-3 kids, I know they're not saving more than $5k for retirement / year, and not saving at all for college.  ...but then they get brand new $40k pick-up trucks ever 5 years. Go to all-inclusive resorts every 2 years.  Own boats.  HHIs somewhere around $150k.

Part of me really envies them...and part wonders how they sleep at night.  But that's their journey and not my business.

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We were wondering about this as well.  We grew up vacationing at motels and were lower middle class; we were at a beachside Hilton this past weekend, and we saw a lot of families that seemed pretty likely to be similar lower middle class (this is a superficial judgment from their dress and tatooes and way they were talking to their kids -- could be wrong, but it's the environment I grew up in so I think I can spot my peeps) -- but they were at a hotel which costs $350/night!  I know if I was in similar situation, we would be finding cheaper options and hoofing it to the beach somehow!

I get jealous of the folks back home with their nice big houses, SAHMs, and easy life.  But we look at the savings we are building the options that will give us for helping out our parents and potentially kids down the road (forget college,  would love to help downpayment for their houses, or to allow them to SAH for a spell when kids are born).[/quote]

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