> I think what I'm saying is that in some way, "poor" is in your mind, and as soon as you consider yourself poor, you are poor It is very well known that peopl

> I think what I'm saying is that in some way, "poor" is in your mind, and as soon as you consider yourself poor, you are poor It is very well known that people's perceptions of their economic status is well off. Including a very strong "reverse-into-the-median" effect on who is middle class or not. I personally quite enjoy finding evidence that I'm poorer than I think I am, but I'm deep into the (upper?)middle class to that being a stressful realization.