Top 5% of wage earners is not remotely "middle".
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Replying to @MattCropp @MorlockP
might be when you adjust for local cost of living
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Replying to @eigenrobot @MorlockP
To a certain extent, but there's a lot of lifestyle inflation at play in those situations, too. Feeling entitled to sending kids to private schools, etc.
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I was a fac brat in a prep school, and I distinctly remember a certain classmate claiming to be middle class by referencing the cost of yacht sails as a burden. His sister threw a tantrum when the family got a A4 rather than an A8, b/c "that's what poor ppl drive".
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Replying to @MattCropp @MorlockP
I mean full context I earn more than 200k in Seattle its comfortable but not, you know, /comfortable/ I don't own a car, I have no idea how I'll ever afford a down payment on a house here Possibly I oversave idk But I surely dont feel RICH
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Downpayment? Thought most houses in Seattle/Redmond/Bellevue usually require a full cash payment due to demand.
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So, yes, living in the boonies means no 70 choices for delivery dinner via smart phone app. ...but I also bought an INSANE house on INSANE land for 50% of what you folks are quoting for postage stamp homes.
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No kidding. It's crazy what a "starter house" with no yard costs you. Driving through Bellevue recently and was startled to see a sign for: "2 Bedroom house, starting low 2 mills"
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theres always moving back to minneapolis to breed and die hmmm although wonder what would happen to prices if things with china got hotter hmmm
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If I were to ever leave Vermont, Minneapolis would be the top of my list (very co-opy + mom's family there). The West Coast sounds like a nightmare, TBH...
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Top notch public schools too which uh is helpful if you're not up to paying 20k per kid per year
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Three things I've worked to start here (co-op brewery, co-op investment club, real estate co-op) already exist there...
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