[lbo-talk] Americans' class self-ID

[Myles Sussman]

I would guess that this definition of what income is the "middle" doesn't
work in a national poll, since housing is almost everybody's biggest expense
(at least everybody who works for a living).If you live in the urban parts
of California the median price of a house is probably still over half a
million dollars. So "middle" takes on a new meaning compared to say, Iowa,
where the "median" house is still under $200,000 [according to Trulia]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Chris Maisano <cgmaisano at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Is it just me, or is the poll's definition of middle class as houshold
> income ranging from $35,000 - $100,000 absurdly broad? Isn't median US
> household income something like $52,000 per year? $35,000 as the starting
> point of the lower middle class seems about right, but household making $70
> or $75,000 per year and up would seem to be solidly in the upper reaches of
> the income distribution, no?
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