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Anonymous wrote:My stepfather is what some would consider 'working class'. He is a bus driver. His base pay is $85k. With overtime he makes about $130. He is a 25+ year union employee. He has No college education, owns two homes and has no debt and can retire with full pension when he wants. I consider him middle class.

This should explain why there is such outrage over public tax dollars and union salaries.

+1, non education public tax dollar jobs should be capped at 50k

Anonymous wrote:First time posting here, but, I don't understand why people who consider themselves blue-collar would take offense at the term "working class"? To me, that sounds higher than blue collar? (?) I mean, what's offensive about suggesting that one has to work to live? Nothing. (???)

"Blue collar" describes the type of work (trade). Working "class" is tinged by class issues, implies not "middle class," which everyone wants to be! If working class is "suggesting that one has to work to live" then why aren't "white collar" folks considered "working class"? No, you don't want that? Get it now?

Love you 21:21! I grew up blue collar/working class. I use the terms interchangeably. For the poster talking about stepfather, there are blue collar jobs that can afford a middle class live; however, if the job disappears, the middle class status usually quickly follows. MI, OH, PA are case studies. Most blue collar workers hit hard in the recession lacked skills to translate from one industry to another. If the plant relocated to China or Mexico, those workers and their families took a huge hit.

Anonymous wrote:Also add McLean Gardens.

This has got to be a joke, too. We could barely afford a 2-bedroom there on a lawyer salary.

Anonymous wrote:^^^ is that a joke? Tenleytown on a nurse + delivery driver salary?

How the fuck is a nurse "working class"? How is any job that requires a college degree working class, imbecile!

To the PP 'outraged' about public tax dollars and union salaries: if you had to deal with the type of bus passengers he encounters, you too would be demanding a whole lot more than $85k. BTW, I know fresh out of law school associates making making 2x his salary. That is where you should direct your outrage. Not at a man who gets up at 4am to drive people to work. It took him 25 fucking years to make $85k and that makes you outraged! Kindly choke on the bitter pills.

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Anonymous wrote:parts of falls church (not city, ffx cty), pimmit hills, some parts of alexandria, and springfield.

Pimmit Hill was originally working class, and parts of it retain the look. However, working-class families looking to buy right now have been priced out of it.

Good

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I'm looking for a community like the one I was raised in. We were working class, single parent family. Work paid the bills and kept the lights on. The Cosby show was what I dreamed of having not what we had. I am looking for the sense of community that will feel like home. I have no clue how much Tory Burch costs or who he or she is. I'm not even sure how to spell the name.

wasnt the cosby show about a doctor and attorney family in the 80s, how is that working class

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosby_Show

Anonymous wrote:Think of the family from the old '90s Roseanne show, where would you send them to check out?

North Chevy Chase and Kensington are still reasonably priced and not too far away from town.

chevy chase village or foxhall for sure

If you're looking for an affordable place with a sense of community (seems like what OP is asking) then Herndon comes to mind. Old town with a homecoming parade and Friday night concerts and Easter egg hunts on the town green.

First time posting here, but, I don't understand why people who consider themselves blue-collar would take offense at the term "working class"? To me, that sounds higher than blue collar? (?) I mean, what's offensive about suggesting that one has to work to live? Nothing. (???)

Anonymous wrote:My stepfather is what some would consider 'working class'. He is a bus driver. His base pay is $85k. With overtime he makes about $130. He is a 25+ year union employee. He has No college education, owns two homes and has no debt and can retire with full pension when he wants. I consider him middle class.

This should explain why there is such outrage over public tax dollars and union salaries.

My stepfather is what some would consider 'working class'. He is a bus driver. His base pay is $85k. With overtime he makes about $130. He is a 25+ year union employee. He has No college education, owns two homes and has no debt and can retire with full pension when he wants. I consider him middle class.

What about Burke? Seems like a family friendly area with decent schools, but a bit cheaper than closer-in 'burbs.