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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]upper middle class has more education (advanced degrees), more money and more refined tastes. if you meet all 3 criteria you are a good example/safely in that category. many people are borderline. like, a surgeon who makes a lot of money but listens to country music and eats at applebees vs. a low paying adjunct with a harvard phd etc.[/quote]

What is upper middle class music?[/quote]
Plenty of upper middle class people listen to country music. It’s the default music of a large swath of this country. Similarly, hip hop.[/quote]

it is precisely the fact that a lot of Americans listen to country music that makes it not acceptable in the upper classes. so this does not show what you think it shows.

it is true that large numbers of umc people listen to mass music but this is only possible when they have other class markers. You can’t go to community college AND listen to country music AND work as a nurse AND drink soda. it’s like DSM - you need to meet a certain number of criteria to get a diagnosis  but not everyone meets the same ones.[/quote]
Drinking soda can eliminate you from being upper class? That’s just bizzare, and something you made up.

And I don’t have a dog in the country music fight, but I’ve known plenty of well off, educated southerners who listen to country music.

You’re exhibiting a lot of provincialism and parochialism here.[/quote]

I think I agree with the overall point. You listen to country or hip-hop, that means you score lower in that area and probably have to score higher in other areas to "qualify." Listen to country but read Jane Austen, and you're more likely to be upper middle class than if you listen to country but read Archie Comics. If you're a big fan of the Riverdale gang, you probably need to listen to the music on your NPR station. [/quote]
NP here. You have me initially, but leave Archie and Jughead out of this! Is nothing sacred in this country anymore?![/quote]

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