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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our income is close to that and I do feel middle class living in Arlington. Of course I understand that 350k is much more than the vast majority of Americans make, but it doesn't feel like that living here. We are paying off student loans, live in one of the few small, original homes in our neighborhood and drive modest used cars. I SAH but we don't take vacations except to visit family, don't buy fancy gadgets or clothes or whatever. [/quote]

You should try doing the exact same thing except with working parents and the daycare shuffle. Unless your your DH routinely works 80 hr weeks, your household labor is less than a dual working parents, and have half the commute, for the same money.   [b]I mean, you don't work, how is that not upper class life[/b]?[/quote]

There are plenty of people who don't work and it doesn't mean they are wealthy or poor.  [/quote]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_independence

"Financial independence is the state of having sufficient personal wealth to live, without having to work actively for basic necessities."[/quote]

Her husband works.  They aren't financially independent. [/quote]

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