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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Arlington.

[b]There are a lot of families who have lived here a long time[/b] and are normal 2-income families including plenty of teachers, by the way.  This idea that everyone here is super rich is just not reality.   Does your money buy you less here?  Absolutely.  And take a minute and drive around.  Plenty of people live in small and old houses.

Firefighters are not really middle income in this area in any county if you look at the stats.  But it would be nice if they could live in a brand new SFH in Arlington.  Yes that’s true.  [/quote]

So teachers make around $90k in Arlington.

https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/public-school-teacher-salary/arlington-va

So a two teacher family makes $150k.  And they are buying $900k SFH?

you are talking about families that bought in like 2000, most likely with parents help because what teacher is buying a $400k home at 23, and had their kid in their mid 30s or early 40s and now have a middle schooler.

There is no way a middle class family with elementary or middle school kids is buying a house in Arlington today.
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No not two teacher families.  Do all teachers marry other teachers?

I know multiple teachers who are married to non-teachers and live in Arlington.

I also personally know a lot of people with elementary and middle school kids who bought houses when they first got married (a long time ago) and still live in them with their kids.  So purchased in early to mid 2000s often.

It also depends on your definition of middle class.   Middle class in an expensive metro area looks and feels a good bit different.   But calling all these families who live in Arlington "rich" is just silly.  Sure, they're rich by many standards and then not really rich at all by others.  It's expensive to live here but salaries also reflect that.[/quote]

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