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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My version of a middle class life is for a family of 4:

3br/2ba home (which is a TH in the suburbs
Cars you drive into the ground 10+ years
No cell phones for the kids until they can afford it in their own
No cars for the kids unless they can buy in their own
Funding college at 50% in a state school
Two incomes each maxing out 401k, retirement no earlier than 59 1/2, but most likely 65
No international vacations whatsoever.
The family MAYBE gets in an airplane every 2 years
Dining out 2xs a month
Packed work lunches daily if not expensed

This could be accomplished on 200k/yr and should leave some room for cash savings.

However people’s ideas of middle class are warped. 
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$200K isn't middle class and you can do that on much less.  If you cannot afford to fund a state college on that income, and pay for cell phones something is very off.[/quote]

Do you have any awareness of how much a 3br TH costs with todays interest rates? Any idea what it takes to max out 401ks and daycare and 529 costs?

This is my version of middle class. Yours is different and thats OK.[/quote]

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