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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We make $450K/year. We're worth around $5M depending on the market. We live in a middle class neighborhood and we call ourselves middle class. Why? Because rich people suck. They're boring, shallow and competitive. If I had to live in Chevy Chase, I'd slit my wrists. I'd rather our kids were raised around people who respect money and hard work. We feel like impostors sometimes, but I'd rather feel that then worry all the time that my kids were hanging around with spoiled kids, joy riding with their drivers and thinking a ski vacation in Colorado is slumming it because we're not in Europe. Middle class work ethic made this country great and abandoning it based on our HHI would be ridiculous. [/quote]

LOL.

You couldn't hang with the truly rich with your income and net worth even if you wanted to. The irony is that Chevy Chase is filled with people that are mostly like you: nice but not spectacular HHI and net worth. Most of them got there through hard work and a solid education. They are competitive in their profession, purpose driven, and are successful at what they do. They most likely have some wonderful stories to tell about the things they've encountered on their way up the social ladder. I love meeting these types of people in a social setting because many of them will pour forth with their experience because they are strong and confident.

Come to think of it, you are the one that's pretentious.[/quote]

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