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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing ordinary about making north of $200K, which puts one in the top 5% of the country.  How is that "middle"?  And please don't say "250K doesn't get you very far in NW DC, Chevy Chase and Bethesda" - living in an expensive area is a choice.  When I lived in NYC, I remember wealthy professionals in Manhattan saying these incomes are "barely getting by" - as if choosing to live in Manhattan isn't itself a luxury.

http://mic.com/articles/64095/what-we-get-wrong-when-we-define-the-middle-class[/quote]

If a person works in Manhattan, where should they live? Iowa? Idiot  :roll: [/quote]

No Jersey City.[/quote]

New Jersey has some of the highest property taxes in the nation, unless of course you would have them drive 1.5 hours to get to work because there's no PATH stations in their county  :roll: [/quote]

Okay smarty pants - but that is where my middle class friend rents an apartment and commutes from.  remember we are talking middle class here![/quote]

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