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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"So, making $100K in SF, DC, NY (below median)"

$100k is not below the median in any of those cities.[/quote]

Yes, it is.  I'm not talking city proper.  It includes the surrounding suburbs.  [/quote]

So you're talking about specific neighborhoods. In that case, you could find those in any state in the country.[/quote]
No.   It wasn't specific to a neighborhood.

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2014/08/median-incomes-for-four-person-households-in-d-c.html

"Maryland leads in the latest estimates, as it did last year, with a four-person median household income of $106,452, up from the 2014 estimate of $105,348...The District, meanwhile, made a huge leap year over year, from $87,902 in 2014 to $100,408 in 2015... Virginia, with an estimated median four-person household income of $91,442, is sixth among the states."[/quote]

You're kind of mixing things up.

What you cite is median household income for a four person household. That is not median salary. Mom and dad making 47500 each would hit the median. If each made 100k, it would be twice the median.

Long and the short of it is that making 100k per year is making a high salary. Period. You can't say "I only make the median and am therefore not well-off" when your spouse also has an income. [/quote]

100k isn't much[/quote]

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