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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Problem with cities like NY and Washington is that a lot of us "professionals" really are the former equivalent of working class.  It just happens that[b][u] the working class in this city works in the factory called government or non profit or education ect.[/u][/b]   So we want to think of ourselves as middle class because that means we are at least doing as well as our parents when [b][u]the reality is that we are at best treading water.[/u][/b]  All I know is that my parents had way better options for housing, education both k-12 and college than I do or will likely have even with a master's degree. [/quote]

argh! you depressed me.

but thank you for the reality check.[/quote]

Right. Our parents had on the average much much better options. Not.

Do you really envy them their wonderful, unsafe, lead-spewing breakdown prone cars? Or their wonderful old small screen TVs, with so many entertainment options? Or access to those wonderful dental and medical technologies on the 70ies and 80ies. And the great way they communicated with folks across the world using their magic rotary land line telephones? And not having to bother to plan holidays because air travel was so expensive. And not to mention higher pollution levels. And the opportunity to live in houses that were, on the average, about 30% smaller than they are now. I could go on .... [/quote]

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