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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]200k in the DC area is "very affluent"?

LOL, what are you smoking?[/quote]

Yes it is[/quote]

Seriously, what is it?  It's obviously some good stuff, I want some. [/quote]
you mean to tell me that an individual earning over $200,000 isn't very affluent? I earn half that and I'm very comfortable. [/quote]

Yes, I do. And a family making $400k isn't either.  Welcome to DC.[/quote]
Then should I cancel my summer river cruise to Amsterdam? Apparently, that's for affluent people, and I only earn $110,000. I'm beginning to think you are all a bunch of spoiled 30-somethings who never learned what it feels like to "make do."

For example, I grew up in an UMC home. But when I graduated from college, all I could afford was a dumpy apartment. It was quite a let-down from the beautiful house I grew up in, but hey....that's life, and I was only earning $45,000. (All figures translated to today's dollars.) Then I moved up the ladder and started earning $75,000, at which time I bought a teensy condo.  Several years later, I got bumped to $100,000, and bought a nice townhouse out in the suburbs. Still had plenty left for international travel, season theater tickets, clubhouse level at Nationals games, a bi-weekly maid, etc. Definitely upper-middle class.

But it's because I started out in the dumpy apartment at $45,000 that I appreciate how upscale one's lifestyle can be on $100,000. I suspect some of you bitching about $400,000 being middle class came out of law school to a $150,000 salary and don't have a clue what TRUE middle class is.

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OK, point taken.  Congrats on what you've accomplished, it sounds lovely.  Season theatre tickets.. gah, just a little jealous. [/quote]

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