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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having thoughts of belonging to the middle class while you afford a nanny, a near million dollar mortgage, and private school is clearly a symptom of delusional rich people's disorder. [/quote]

Exactly. People are subtracting their home that they own in the city (cause you know, they don't like commuting), their well-paid nanny and private schools and then saying well I'm not rich because I don't have a ton of disposable income. When most people, even well paid professionals in this area, can't afford a home in the city and a well paid nanny, and STILL DON'T HAVE A TON OF DISPOSABLE INCOME.

I'm another 160K HHI, and we are doing just fine, but we can't afford a house in the city and we do daycare (it's high priced, but cheaper than a decently paid nanny). I realize we are doing better than most because we own a home close in that has retained a decent amount of value, we have good health insurance, and we are contributing to retirement, college, and other savings. I know we aren't rich but we are doing damn good. If we were making 250K we'd be doing better, even if we decided to get a nanny and move in the city. We'd still be doing better.[/quote]

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