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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Which Bentley should I go for? Continental GT or Arnage?
I disagree. We are middle class. The new middle class is $75k to $250k. No, I'm not kidding.
My wife and I are both professionals, live in a nice area, in a fairly nice small, affordable home. Drive used cars.
We are OK. I ain't worried about paying the mortgage. But RICH? Not. Anywhere. Near. It.
Try living in California and owning a decent home in a good area on $100k. $100k is the new $50k. Fuck, the private school I will have to send the kid to for high school is already $25k.
The people you're describing as middle class are now "poor."
Or maybe I'm nuts. Its possible. But one thing I ain't is rich.
ETA: Upper middle class is $250k - $400k. Rich starts at $600k. Doing really nice is $400k to $600k.
ETA2: Numbers and cutoffs obviously differ if you're single and based on whether you have kids.
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According to the Statistics of Income Bulleting, for 2003, the last year for which data are available, taxpayer with between $100,000 and $200,000 accounted for 10% of all taxpayers. Taxpayers earning over $200K amounted to 2.8-2.95% of all taxpayers.
Like I said, you're rich.
