how rich or poor are you?

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TwinkleToes77

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Jul 13, 2002
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We are poor middle class because only one of us is working, I have to wait for immigration to make up its mind on whether i can work or not. Once we do that we'll be WAY better off.
 

igowerf

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Jun 27, 2000
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I think middle class is somewhere between 32,000 and 49,000 a year salaries.
 

rh71

No Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
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With good dual income, we're doing well for ourselves...

Helps to have the lady in IT also. :D
 

Noirish

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May 2, 2000
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A more accurate poll will be how much money do you save each month.
We have to factor in demographic effect.
Some area has high living cost -> California while some don't.
 

Noirish

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May 2, 2000
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Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
i could buy you all...

Maybe you want to elaborate on how are you planning on doing that.
rolleye.gif
 

I said none of the above, because I'm a student. So right now I'm poor, but I consider my family to be above average...so it's in the middle I guess.
 

codeyf

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Sep 6, 2000
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We were doing well, maybe high side of the middle class. Then came the lay-off with wife 4 months prego. So now, I found a (lesser paying by about 10k/yr) job, wife isn't working, and we've got a second baby!

We did inherit a vehicle, so we sold one (my baby :() and were able to put $8k in savings. That was back in late feb, early march. Down to about $4500 now :Q Needless to say, wife is going back to working 1 day a week at the bank (she's been there for 5 years) and finding something to do a couple nights a week.

Rough, has been, this year.
 

SCSIfreek

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Mar 3, 2000
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I'm poor :(. considering the fact that I live in California. Although combining two salaries we are well over 120K/year..... but we can't seem to make enough to afford a house :(. Damn all the CEOs and retired old folks for buying up all the houses around my area.


--Scsi
 

Jadow

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Feb 12, 2003
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Well, I can't go out and blow money on expensive food too much, or drive a beamer, but I make enough to pay for a mortgage, own a new boat, drive a 5 year old car, and can go online and buy any dvds or computer hardware I need. Gonna buy a video projector and build a home theater later this year.
 

MrCodeDude

Lifer
Jun 23, 2001
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For CA, we're average. For the nation, we're wealthy. Just because people in CA make so much money.
-- mrcodedude
 

Jadow

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Feb 12, 2003
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For CA, we're average. For the nation, we're wealthy. Just because people in CA make so much money.

those that have jobs, really high unemployment in CA compared to the rest of the company. And people making 100k a year live out of their cars in SF.
 

BooGiMaN

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Jul 5, 2001
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Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
im so poor i had to buy my keyboard on lay-away one letter at a time...
You're so poor you couldn't afford a good sense of humor. :)

hey now that was at least as funny as your sig
so ..ummm like, yeah, WHATEVAH! :p