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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]To live here like the equivalent of the middle class of most other areas in the us you need to make at least 375 to 450k. Any less and you will have to compromise on house size (smaller than 3000sqrft), location, schools etc... This is if you didn't buy before 2004. Housing costs are the killer where a standard middle class sized home costs at least 1million.[/quote]

Good grief, as we tell you in every frigging thread like this, the average home size in America is not 3,000 square feet!

But I actually have a somewhat evidence-based answer to OP's question. I have three close friends who formed a business together, which became successful enough so that they had to decide how much of revenue to distribute to themselves as salary instead of reinvesting it in the business. They all owned houses in close-in MoCo with wives who worked at the time, wives making at least $100K. Only one of them had kids. They settled in $250K apiece.[/quote]

Grew up in this area during the 90s and we had a 3000sqrft house , stay at home mom and dad was a gs15 controller. This want that difficult 20 years a go.[/quote]

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