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Loudoun county, which is ranked as the highest income county in the US.

by ap22213 10y ago

monocasa 10y ago
According to this, middle class in Loudoun county is ~$150K household income. http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/the_loudouns_at_122000_a_year_an_average_family_cant_keep_pace_with_cost898 http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/the_loudouns_at_122... Looking at Zillow, it's cheaper than where I live (Boulder, CO).
mikestew 10y ago
Thank you for clarifying. Virginia, and not Tennessee, I take it. What that means is that few, if any, in Loudon County, VA are middle-class. It does not mean that you need $25 million to be middle-class in Loudon County. It means you need to be rich to live in Loudon County.
ap22213 10y ago
LOL - of course many of you just seem to want to rebuke me. Makes sense, given today's culture. But, you're just adding to the problem. Most current problems in our society stem from people getting more satisfaction out of pushing web buttons than doing real things out in the real world. Oh, well, sucks to be many of you but I guess really good to be me. It's just really sad. Especially sad given how poor I grew up.
- hueving 10y ago
  It's sad that you have been sucked into a life of such competitive materialism that you can't find satisfaction with a net worth less than 25m. If you grew up poor and have 20m now and are still not satisfied, there is likely no number that will ever satisfy you.
toomanybeersies 10y ago
If you're earning over $180k (which you would on the interest of $24mm), you'd be in the top 0.2% of earners for Loudoun County. That's not middle class at all.
- mljoe 10y ago
  That seems really off, considering that the top 1% (down with the 1%, etc.) make at least $428k nationwide.[1] Where are you getting the information? [1]: http://www.kiplinger.com/article/taxes/T054-C000-S001-what-s-your-rank-as-a-taxpayer.html http://www.kiplinger.com/article/taxes/T054-C000-S001-what-s...
  - toomanybeersies 10y ago
    I got it from here [0]. I just rechecked my numbers, and it turns out I was reading from the wrong column, earning >$180,000 a year would put you in the top 2.7% https://datausa.io/profile/geo/loudoun-county-va/#income_distro https://datausa.io/profile/geo/loudoun-county-va/#income_dis...
ryandrake 10y ago
I've lived in Loudoun county, VA. Your characterization of middle class in that place is totally inaccurate. There are probably less than 50 square miles on earth (if that) where a net worth of $24MM places you in the middle class.
- ap22213 10y ago
  Well then you'd know that Loudoun is a large county. I'm sure you lived in the eastern part - probably ashburn where they build dense complexes of 450k townhouses that span as far as the eye can see - to house all the 'creative class' workers who make 100k a year and feel good about themselves.

Loudoun county, which is ranked as the highest income county in the US.

by ap22213 10y ago

Loudoun county, which is ranked as the highest income county in the US.

According to this, middle class in Loudoun county is ~$150K household income. http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/the_loudouns_at_122000_a_year_an_average_family_cant_keep_pace_with_cost898 http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/the_loudouns_at_122... Looking at Zillow, it's cheaper than where I live (Boulder, CO).

mikestew 10y ago

Thank you for clarifying. Virginia, and not Tennessee, I take it. What that means is that few, if any, in Loudon County, VA are middle-class. It does not mean that you need $25 million to be middle-class in Loudon County. It means you need to be rich to live in Loudon County.

ap22213 10y ago

LOL - of course many of you just seem to want to rebuke me. Makes sense, given today's culture. But, you're just adding to the problem. Most current problems in our society stem from people getting more satisfaction out of pushing web buttons than doing real things out in the real world. Oh, well, sucks to be many of you but I guess really good to be me. It's just really sad. Especially sad given how poor I grew up.

hueving 10y ago
It's sad that you have been sucked into a life of such competitive materialism that you can't find satisfaction with a net worth less than 25m. If you grew up poor and have 20m now and are still not satisfied, there is likely no number that will ever satisfy you.

toomanybeersies 10y ago

If you're earning over $180k (which you would on the interest of $24mm), you'd be in the top 0.2% of earners for Loudoun County. That's not middle class at all.

mljoe 10y ago
That seems really off, considering that the top 1% (down with the 1%, etc.) make at least $428k nationwide.[1] Where are you getting the information? [1]: http://www.kiplinger.com/article/taxes/T054-C000-S001-what-s-your-rank-as-a-taxpayer.html http://www.kiplinger.com/article/taxes/T054-C000-S001-what-s...
- toomanybeersies 10y ago
  I got it from here [0]. I just rechecked my numbers, and it turns out I was reading from the wrong column, earning >$180,000 a year would put you in the top 2.7% https://datausa.io/profile/geo/loudoun-county-va/#income_distro https://datausa.io/profile/geo/loudoun-county-va/#income_dis...

ryandrake 10y ago

I've lived in Loudoun county, VA. Your characterization of middle class in that place is totally inaccurate. There are probably less than 50 square miles on earth (if that) where a net worth of $24MM places you in the middle class.

ap22213 10y ago
Well then you'd know that Loudoun is a large county. I'm sure you lived in the eastern part - probably ashburn where they build dense complexes of 450k townhouses that span as far as the eye can see - to house all the 'creative class' workers who make 100k a year and feel good about themselves.