Median cost of common middle-class identity goods:
House: $270k
College education: $25k
New car: $20k* (guess)
Phone: $580**
Video game: $60
TV/movies/music: $50/mo
Novel: $10
News: $0
* mean is actually over 40k now 🤯
** also mean, but here reasonable to assume mean=median
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