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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We only bring in 350k or so and we're definitely middle class around here.
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THIS is such a typical DCUM hairbrained response.

No, PP, you are NOT middle class. You people define middle class as having a house, one or two cars and a vacation every year. Except in your case, it's a $1MM++ house, two $$$ cars and first class tickets to Europe. That's not middle class.

I find this thread hilarious, because so many PPs are dishing on OP for not wanting to be called "lower class" when you would instantly react if someone called you Upper Class. When you clearly are.

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Thank you!

My HHI is just under $140K. I consider myself pretty solidly middle class. I own a single family home in DC, a new-ish car, and take a couple vacations every year. My savings are solid, I contribute a decent amount to my retirement.

Yet most people on this board would consider me peasant scum when they found out that house is only 1,200 square feet, was built in 1966, and is located (gasp!) east of the river, my car is only from 2012 and is a Hyundai, and my vacations are to less-than-glamorous locations. (Last one was a road trip around Ireland staying in rustic BnBs and eating at roadside pubs. Absolutely fantastic time and cost my wife and I together less than $3,000 for 10 days.)

I certainly don't live large, but I am stable, have savings, and financial breathing room. That's middle class![/quote]

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