Reply #75: 97k a year

[gaspee]

is living pretty freaking high on the hog - my household of 4 makes about 45K a year and we have three cars (no payments, but upkeep) a 1300 a month mortgage, satellite tv, etc. No debt, either. Since we don't blow our money on crap we don't need (like eating out 5 times a week, trinkets from wally world, etc) we live a very comfortable life on our middle class 45K a year.

No, we don't drive 50,000 cars or have a mcmansion or buy all the latest gadgets.

Even in expensive new england, if you are not an unabashed consumer, 97K is wealthy, whether those making that kind of scratch care to admit it or not!