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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can any of you who want us to believe $300K is not affluent tell me why you persist in arguing that you are "middle class"?  I've asked this before on DCUM -- why are you so deeply ashamed of what you have?

Is it because you know you only have it for reasons that have nothing to do with your merit?[/quote]

I'm one who thinks 300k hhi is middle class. It's been clearly explained multiple times on multiple threads why people think 300k is not affluent/rich/whatever. If you want to remain willfully ignorant on why we feel the way we do, that's on you. If you want to believe you're rich on your 100 or 300k income, go ahead. I guarantee most people in this area don't agree with you.[/quote]

+1.  In this area given the high COL a married couple who are mid to high level Feds can exceed $300k.  So using PP definition you can become rich working for the government?[/quote]

A HHI above $300K obviates any real concern about paying for a nice house, cars, daycare, college, or retirement, as well as allowing for luxuries like vacations, nice stuff, and paying for childrens' weddings or down payments.  Your point seems to be that 3 percent of DC-area households earn even more and so can afford even nicer stuff and longer vacations.  I concede this point, while believing it irrelevant to the well-being of a $300K HHI household such as mine. [/quote]

We make $300K, and we are able to to afford about 3/4 of the things on your list.  It's comfortable, and we don't have money worries.  We are doing better than a lot of people, and we work our asses for it.  It does not allow us to take luxury vacations or own fancy cars without affecting retirement, emergency, and college savings.  The costs of housing and childcare here put a big dent disposable income, and, if you have student loan debt, even more so.  I'd consider us upper middle class.  I work with people who are wealthy.  It's an entirely different league.[/quote]

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