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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]all of you can 'feel middle class' and say this area is 'expensive' and all the other things you wring your hands with but you are not middle class. You are earning more than 96% of the American population.

Get over yourselves and acknowledge your priviledge.[/quote]

Get over yourself and acknowledge your bitterness. I've seen very little hand wringing on this thread from high earners. You have no right to tell people what they are allowed to be concerned about any way.

I'm a teacher who married a teacher so firmly in the middle class and will stay there but not bitter about it. If you can't deal with reading about people with high incomes or who have saved more, than get off the forum. [/quote]

For being a teacher- I thought you reading comprehension would be better. I know that my HHI of $370k makes me no where close to middle class. I know my 600k mortgage, my vacations, my ability for both my husband and I to max out our 401ks, save additional funds, contribute to 529s, etc... makes me both priviledged and lucky. I laugh a little at the posters who think they are middle class with the same kind of stats. There are people in this area and the rest of the country who are actually middle class and struggle daily. Have a little self awareness and compassion.[/quote]

So you have a 370L HHI and you are posting all your stats - you are allowed to do this but others are not because they are not middle class? Got it. I see a lot of posters on this thread of all incomes saying they are lucky to have what they have. You are not special or somehow enlightened. How about we let people post their stats and concerns and hold off on the judgement. It's well established that middle class in this area is harder to define, especially when many people have lower incomes but major assets, like on this thread.[/quote]

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