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350k is 99th percentile in terms of income, so I'm not the one redfining "wealthy". If you can't afford a nice house with 350k/year, move a mile or two away fr

350k is 99th percentile in terms of income, so I'm not the one redfining "wealthy". If you can't afford a nice house with 350k/year, move a mile or two away from your upper class enclave to the middle class neighborhood and live like a king. (Per Nerdwallet, 350k/year is enough to qualify for a mortgage for a $1.35 million property with 20% down. I live in a nice part of LA and places here cost significantly less than 1.35 million.)

lesuorac 3y ago
It's not. 350k is 3% for the entire USA [1]. For somewhere like California if your _household_ isn't making $1M you're not 1% [2]. Even in the poorest state (West Virginia) if you lived alone then you're not even a 1%-er. People really do think of themselves as at the top when they're not. You're very good but not the top. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_States [2]: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-top-1-percent-in-each-u-s-state/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-top-1-percent-in...