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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always hear it referred to as an issue that is affecting largely middle class whites, but from what I've seen that isn't true.  It seems to be affecting poor and working class whites.  I haven't seen anyone touched by it among the middle class white people I know. [/quote]

My guess is that you may be one of those people who thinks [b]someone making 200k a year is middle class[/b].

Or as a PP said, you just don't have a big sample size. [/quote]

Wait, what would YOU call that, PP? 200K in DC area *is* middle class, isn't it????[/quote]

Middle class incomes are defined those between the 30th and 80th percentiles.  Middle class in DC is $37,000-$157,000/year.  Middle class in Arlington County is $67,000-$198,000.  Middle class in Fairfax County is $73,000-$203,000, and slightly higher in Loudoun County.  Middle class in Montgomery County is $61,000-$189,000.  If you are making $200K, you are well out of the middle class nationwide, and above or barely in the middle class in the DC area.  
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[b]I think the opioid epidemic is more of an issue in places like West Virginia than Fairfax.[/quote][/b]

You would be surprised.  I work in healthcare, it is definitely an issue.  People tend to think that prescribed pain medications are not as harmful as heroin when abused.  Think again.[/quote]

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