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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (315615)	12/14/2006 3:44:13 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574854

Now, off the top of my head, you need to make enough to own a home, raise kids and still save. The part of this sentence that I thought was problematic was the idea of saving. I see plenty of people that finally make a little "extra" money, but rather than save they move into a bigger apartment, buy a flat screen TV, get a new car, or spend on whatever. If saving is a necessary part of being MC, relatively well off people often spend themselves down to lower class at Best Buy and the Toyota dealership, the poor lower class Mercedes driving slobs.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (315615)	12/14/2006 4:01:17 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1574854

re: I never understood why some people choose to live in a very high-cost area, then complain that life is too tough for them. Some I can understand that circumstances make it difficult for them to move, but every person's situation is unique like that. One "ultimate" example of that is Key West, Florida. The cost of housing is outrageous, you probably can't rent a closet for less than $2500 a month. At the same time it's a tourist destination that requires lots and lots of service workers... and it's an island so it ain't like you can commute from the 'burbs. re: It's why I've seen another classification being tossed around as part of the conventional wisdom: "upper middle class." The term upper middle class has been around since I was a kid... at least.