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 (We

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...