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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]This whole thread is proof of the DCUM bubble you live in where $200K HHI is not “rich” to most people. [/b]

IT FEELS NORMAL BECAUSE YOU ARE EATING CAKE, MARIE ANTOINETTE. Maybe if you bought your homes where you would see the “poors” you would understand the danger of a larger and more impoverished class of citizens that have no job to go to, or risk dying if they do. [/quote]

I have relatives who live all over the country who make well less than 200K and they report the same thing, that they don't know people who are laid off and people are still spending as normal.  This isn't just a DC area (or even UMC) phenomena. [/quote]

[b]They are probably UMC for their area if they make $90k.[/b]

This is why my family and DH’s family have no idea how much we make. Technically it’s public record, but they can’t contextualize it. What little they do know just confuses them as to why we live in a 900 sq foot apartment and drive older used vehicles. [/quote]

90k for a family of four isn't upper middle class anywhere in the U.S.[/quote]

It is weathy in many areas.[/quote]

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