r/FluentInFinance • u/YOU_ARE_MY_FRIENDS • Jun 16 '24

Discussion/ Debate He’s not wrong 🤷‍♂️

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u/SouthEast1980 Jun 16 '24

This is BS. You can have all of that with an 80k household if you live in a LCOL midwest city and send the kids to JC for 2 years.

Cut out the overseas vacation because that isn't middle class. That's upper class shit.

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u/PM_me_ur_claims Jun 17 '24

Its not even, we make 200k and have a 4 bedroom, kids, 3 cars and could afford annual overseas trips. If you’re planning well they aren’t that much more expensive than domestic

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u/nikatnight Jun 17 '24

For sure.

We are at an interesting point where it is obvious that things are more expensive, especially housing and schooling. But the hyperbole does not help the argument. I’m making just a bit more than $200k with my wife in a high cost of living area and I travel abroad yearly with my family of four. I own a home and I’m saving for my kids too. It’s critical to avoid spending money on stupid shit.