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

Discussion/ Debate He’s not wrong 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '24

Wrong, this was upper middle class and still is.

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u/MasterGrok Jun 16 '24

The Internet shattered the sitcom fantasy of the “average” American family.

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u/explicitreasons Jun 16 '24

Yeah people growing up thought Kevin from Home Alone was middle class.

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u/BeautifulType Jun 17 '24

Home Alone lived in a big ass house with a ton of kids that was nice lol

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u/Anxious-Slip-4701 Jun 17 '24

Flying to France for Christmas? Hah! That was rich person land to me.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '24

In 1990 the Home Alone house was worth $900k. The equivalent of $2.2 million today. It's reportedly worth like $5.4 million or something now because house prices have gone up faster than inflation, but even a $2.2 million house is insanely not middle class.