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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In DCUM terms we are UMC (~500K gross HHI).  All these “lowbrow” things are normal and consistent with our budget.  Ritz crackers? Hampton Inn?  Target? Is it lowbrow to go on a road trip?   I actually think Target is overpriced.  [/quote]

The funny thing is that in DCUM terms we are poor (~150k HHI) and I know a lot of the people in our life who are at your income level think we are very "high brow" be sure we do things like make our own bread or restore antique furniture for our home. But actually it's just that we can't afford to just go to target and buy middle brow stuff all the time. We will travel abroad (using points) but stay in hostels, we hike for fun because it's free. UMC/rich people often think we do this stuff because of "principles" but really we just have to be frugal.

If we had more money I'd refurnish DD's room with IKEA and we'd go to Disney for spring break and I'd go to Target in the weekend and wander around and buy random stuff we don't need. But we can't afford it. I'm actually a very mid person at heart.[/quote]

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