What social class are you?

1) Was your family filthy rich, affluent, middle class, working class or poor?
2) How about the town you grew up in?
3) What's your socioeconomic class now?

FWIW, I'd define middle class as an income of $ 50K-90K per adult. Just as a benchmark.

For me:

1) FOB immigrant parents, so working class
2) Middle class
3) My income is still in working class level (sigh), but my partner's income is middle class. He's older than me though; I'm a recent grad, and my job will (hopefully) be a stepping stone to success!

I was born poor white trash and lord willing, I'll die that way...regardless how much money I have. I can spend 75k on coors lite to stay trashy if I gotta.

Oh and I grew up near Baltimore Md where living costs vary greatly. There are Crack heads who pay their rent on their backs living 10 minutes from multi million dollar estates.

I don't like the question.

We're judgmental enough as it is.

I don't want to know how much money everyone has-- it doesn't make anyone happy, anyway.

(though it does make misery a bit more comfy)

*cue Eagles Lyin Eyes*

But I still like you, Munchkin. 😄

Poor as hell. Midways. My mom was the breadwinner with my siblings there. And when the economy went south, that's when we went poor. But as for everything up till the recession? It was fine and dandy and well worth living for. But now in my situation I'm just middle.

1) No class? lol! Slave class? I grew up with no knowledge of my mum, my dad sure made me work for my education in the factory. He's one strict mofo but it sure ingrained that idea I can do whatever I want as long as I put some work into it.

2) The working student - that old tale of student working multiple jobs to put himself through college and surviving off cigarettes and coffee. SO typical.

3) Middle Class - It all sorta paid off in the end, I'm happy.

Posted by CluelessCancer
poor

lol...(one word) cc is just hilarious to me

I agree with Montgomery also.. 🙂

1) below the poverty line poor

2) redneck crackhead poor

3) that's not really anyone's business

Posted by CluelessCancer
poor

i like this answer.

Grotesquely rich.

I am The King!

Hail To The King, Baby!!!!

Posted by LeRoman
Im aware of what true wealth is....and it isnt a nice house and some land.

Judging what I know and literal figurive numbers.

1) Affluent Wealth

2) Best neighborhood money could buy in the city as well as a home outside the city, not that I had much of a chance growing up to get to know my hood much. Summers were spent being passed back and forth between homes and two vacation properties. Funny thing tho....I rode my bike 20 mins to less stuffy hoods almost daily in the summer. Ice cream trucks dont drive into affluent hoods haha, peeps are cheap. Ya gotta protect ur ice cream money like you got rabies tho, gave me character.

3) Well I have accumulated a decent amount through investments my dad has made for me. I have expensive taste so that gets in the way of me being frugal and saving but somehow I manage to reduce my costs by 40% on average to reinstate myself back those extra funds towards savings/retirement. So on my own I would say upper middle class....combined with my semi awkward estranged honkey relationship with the Virgo. Id say about the same....upper. I never had the intention of riding his coat tails into easy living for the rest of my life. My parents and I have all invested into my future and my income will eventually be comparable to his 200-300k range. It costs $ to specialize in my field though but im doing it regardless.

Im being cautious with my assessments though. Ive grown up around some wealth that is just mind blowingly wasteful and arrogant.

I am familiar with what true poverty is...im not ignorant to a person in povertys plight.
What I have I take great care of and im not wasteful or ignorant.....I always am thankful and respect my parents work ethic and am thankful for what they've instilled in my siblings and I.

The American dream is def possible...—

Interesting perspective...are you also LilyTree btw? lol

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Posted by munchkin
1) Was your family filthy rich, affluent, middle class, working class or poor?
2) How about the town you grew up in?
3) What's your socioeconomic class now?

FWIW, I'd define middle class as an income of $ 50K-90K per adult. Just as a benchmark.

Arguably, the socioeconomic brackets once considered "middle class" "poor" & "wealthy" have largely vanished & been replaced by classification terms such as
"third-world poor"
"first-world poor"
"the working poor"--employed although not gainfully, living paycheck-to-paycheck & may work 2+ jobs
"hood-rich"--lives in area where the average income of is below poverty cutoff yet the individual in question is relatively well-off. Decent job, usually educated, can afford automobiles & "nice things" by own means.
"the over-class" AKA one-percenters.
"noveau-riche"(new money). Wealth recently acquired as opposed to money inherited by birth/throughout generations.

My family would've been accurately categorized under white-collar working-class during my childhood. I wouldn't call my upbringing "privileged" in the least. My parents emphasized saving up as the priority rather than overspending, trying to keep up with the Joneses. I am eternally grateful they instilled those values in us as kids(granted, we never had ponies like little Muffy WASPington. LOL)

Currently, my boyfriend and I are on the lower end of working-class but I expect the situaton will improve gradually with prolonged effort, cumulative experience and consciously avoiding financial traps/pitfalls. The objective is comfort, rather than luxury.

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This is surprising. I totally had you pegged as someone from a wealthy family, from a private school background at least. 😛

Posted by munchkin
1) Was your family filthy rich, affluent, middle class, working class or poor?
2) How about the town you grew up in?
3) What's your socioeconomic class now?

FWIW, I'd define middle class as an income of $ 50K-90K per adult. Just as a benchmark.

1. Upper middle class
2. Upper middle class
3. Upper middle class

I did some research to make sure I was accurate.

I must add that we are country chic, not materialistic (no putting on airs), but hedonistic... money making and money stacking is all.

My parents were entrepreneurs: night club, convenience store, cleaning company, bootleg liquor joint. In my little southern town, this made for royal treatment and a bit of fame... employing people in the community.

My uncle is a baron and I'm related to robin hood I even have papers to prove it??_.I grew up in a humble middle class living

Posted by MadameDeScruffsalot
1) rich
2) filthy rich
3) filthy liar about 1 & 2

1 & 2. one side was rich/pedigree the other side super dirt poor.
3. none of your beezwaxes.

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Posted by Impulsv
Inheritance CC, trust fund baby.
Who knows how the rich get rich lol
Started withTaurus money? Lol

I think these comments about taurus money are funny. It's weird because most well off people I do know, have a taurus parent or grandparent.

My s/o father is a taurus, his goal was to leave his 4 children 1 million each when he dies plus assets. Some of those assets are worth 100k each. The taurus told me last year that he "finally reached his goal" and was very proud. So that means each of his children are now sitting on 1 million plus more. I couldn't believe it.

I grew up lower/middle class. My parents both worked very hard for little money. I had a roof over my head, clothes on my body, shoes on my feet and food on the table. My mother always made sure that I knew that and that we were very blessed for that. I couldn't agree more.

I myself am middle/higher class.

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yeah some folks work till their hands are blood red, blackened by hard work and they don't have much to show for it. It's the lower middle class to poor. They just work and work so hard just to put food on the table. it's very sad, but it's everywhere.