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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I like about this spread,is it is more than income.  It includes "values" and perceptions.

For some, it is all about money.  For others, personal satisfaction comes from other factors.

For example, financially, a university professor might not be UMC -- my BIL ( a full professor) is paid under 80K for a 9 month salary....but he is not in it for the money.   For him, he (as a G2) has the perfect job.

By comparison, someone in finance, who might make 10x him, is really not in the same class....[/quote]

really, you would say someone who makes $800k is not upper middle class? What are they, just middle class?[/quote]

NP.  I would say they might be high gentry, but not necessarily in the E class.  I agree with the other poster that I think this considers background, which is equally important to actual earnings.

For example, a lottery winner is probably not in the E class either. [/quote]

Interesting. Well ok then. Next time someone posts on here about finding it hard to get by on $400k, I will feel free to come in and complain about how we can't afford to buy the million beach house I wish we could buy in addition to dropping the 50k we spend annually on various vacations.[/quote]

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