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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous].Announcing that $12/hr is working class is pretty out of touch with the working class.  That is what, give or take 26k a year?  A hardworking working class person can easily make 100k a year in DC.  As they should.[/quote]

Absolutely.

We pay our babysitter $12/hr. We pay our plumber $75/hr.

If the OP thinks she's upper middle class, she should report on how much household help she has.[/quote]

NP. I earn just a little more than $100K and I have a house cleaner and a lawn guy. Here, in DC. I have half a year's salary in savings, I save the max for retirement both 401K and a Roth, I take international vacations at least once a year, sometimes more depending. I don't care anything about what "class" I am in but to suggest that people can't live comfortably in this area on $100K is what is out of touch, which is what OP seems to be trying to say. [/quote]
I'm the OP. And thank you for the above. It sounds like we live similar lifestyles - all on slightly more than $100k. For some reason, I have a nemesis trying to convince me that I am actually below average (she has even said I almost qualify for welfare!), and I think what is bothering me is why a person would continually try to convince someone she's done poorly career-wise. What joy is there in putting someone down like that?

So, to wrap up, on $100k (I am just slightly over, as you indicated you are as well), we both have maid service and a lawn guy, both contribute the max to IRAs, both enjoy international cruises, and both live very comfortably. Here in the DC area. Imagine![/quote]

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