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middle class...
On 10/2/14 2:42 PM, KC wrote:
On 10/2/2014 1:06 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:25:07 -0400, KC wrote:
On 10/2/2014 11:10 AM, wrote:
I whole lot depends on where you live.
Even the government civil service has established salary corridors
acknowledging that it costs more to live the same in different places.
A family that is middle class in Southwest Florida would be close to
the poverty line in Hawaii and they would be doing great in Tennessee.
I am also not sure I agree with Ruben's definition of middle class but
I really do not agree with much that asshole says anyway. He was one
of the architects, along with Summers and Greenspan, of Clinton's bank
deregulation that almost brought down the financial system in 2009 .
I think I would say middle class is the median wage, down 25% and up
50% weighted by the cost of living where you are.
By Ruben's measure the lower end of middle class is on public
assistance.
Yeah, I noted NYC, and I know Hawaii is a bit of an oddity but if you
live in NYC and make 130 and are still struggling to maintain a "middle
class" lifestyle, maybe you "sacrifice a little", move out of the city
20 miles, buy a car and live like a king... 
I can't think of anywhere 20 miles from NYC that I would live.
They almost had me up state, around Kingston but it was very
lucrative job and I was looking at a real nice rural lot.
I lived across the river from Endicott for a while but I turned down
that job too.
I was also offered Atlanta, Raleigh, Charlotte and Tucson.
My ex wasn't interested in moving and if I was going to deal with
that, I decided I would go for sunshine. She is still there, I am
here.
Well, then it sounds like you wouldn't be the guy I am talking about
that lives in the city at 130 a year and struggles.... like I said
though, for "that guy", there is a lot of options without giving up your
job in the city...
Living in New York City on $130k a year these days would be tolerable if
you were single and didn't have any sort of fancy tastes. A large number
of people with that sort of income live across the river in New Jersey.
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