• ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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    4 days ago

    So if that’s the median, you need about half a million to be considered “Middle class” now?

    Looks at housing prices… Yeah, sounds about right.

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      3 days ago

      Incorrectly conflating class with income level is exactly why working class Americans have believed they’re “middle class” for decades.