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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm UMC because of my SES, particularly my educational level, not because of my income or net worth.[/quote]

Grey Gardens types. You see these adjunct professors loading up their 30-year-old Volvos and Saabs outside of Trader Joe's. They don't have a pot to piss in, but they're desperate to think of themselves as UMC. [/quote]

I'm a lawyer, third generation. Both my parents, and 3 of my 4 grandparents, graduated from college. I'm married to another lawyer. My husband and I, and all of our children, attended or attend top universities.  We haven't been farmers for four generations. We do have a pot to piss in - about $7.5 million net worth, just over $400,000 in HHI - but the money is not the point.[/quote]

I feel bad for the full-time adjuncts. But most tenure-line profs have it pretty good. The older ones have locked benefits, pensions, and job security (literally until you become senile).

They are almost universally upper-middle-class. And yes they tend to drive 20-year old volvos. But that is often since they don't give a shit. (I do a 30-year old BMW myself) Basically all of AU park 15 years ago.[/quote]

I drive a 15+ year old car and love it, but then I'm not trying to impress anyone. With the internet, nobody cares what kind of car you drive. All someone has to do is use zillow on someone's address and see their linkedin profile to figure out generally where they stand in the social hierarchy. [/quote]

Not if you're in a house much more modest than you can afford. We make $460K a year and our house is worth about $850.[/quote]

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