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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Couldn’t you tell someone’s social class just by where you met them, what they do, etc etc? I mean, to whom am I giving this test? And what would I do with the results?[/quote]

Well in the book it’s a college student hearing that her new roommate grew up going to Christmas markets in Europe, skiing out west every spring break, and vacations on Sea Island every summer.

Tipped her off immediately to the roommate being from a high class family.[/quote]
That can be my kids. Christmas markets (Riga, Tallinn, Helsinki, Stockholm, flower-mart in Amsterdam, also went to Paris) in Europe because we are from Europe. DC goes skiing withing 5 hours of DC and is prettu good finally. We travel to Europe in most years, and 5-6 times to Key West, Orlando and even Dominican Rep. We just like traveling and make it a priority. Nowhere near upper middle class. Trying to climb into middle class within next 5 years. Europeans travel a lot more it seems to me. My friends in Europe have been to South America and all over Asia. Asia is cheap for Europeans. It's just getting the ticket. None of them are upper middle class. Well, maybe one friend, but she doesn't talk about money.[/quote]

I'm sorry but unless you are an insane coupon lady you are NOT trying to "climb to middle class" in the USA. That would be what is called working class. I grew up working class with 4 European immigrant grandparents in the USA. We definitely did 1-2 trips a year but one week would be a budget friendly beach motel and the other would be something like an amusement park weekend that was budgeted for (not disney, I mean like a regional park near us with maybe an overnight at the family motel next door). Sometimes to drive to the beach down south to visit grandparents or family as vacation.

Yes you can travel more cheaply than many assume. Yes, Europeans do it better and more often (I've lived as an expat as well and seen this better quality of life!). But like you said, you still have to get the tickets. You are not working class here and doing ALL the traveling you are listing above. You just aren't. That's fine but be realistic about it.[/quote]

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