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The Cost of Living a Decent Life in America is 96,000 Annually (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by alphanerd4 to c/usauthoritarianism

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, their definition of “comfort” seems to be a solidly middle class experience of going to Disney world and…other middle class stuff? I live alone in nyc and I’m plenty comfortable, but I’m not making 140k.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How much are you saving for retirement?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

What retirement?

[–] Anticorp -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Going to Disney World is middle class? Pretty sure that taking lavish annual vacations has always been an upper class activity.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, going to Disney world and taking yearly vacations used to be considered middle class. On one income, by the way. We’re just so beaten down these days that we consider basic life enjoyment and time off away from the house “upper class.” I’m old enough to tell you it wasn’t, and it hasn’t been this way very long.

[–] Anticorp -3 points 10 months ago

I'm middle-aged and I don't know any middle class families that took annual vacations when I was younger. My upper middle class and upper class friends did though. How long ago are you talking here? In the 50's?