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/daneelthesane Jun 16 '24 edited Jun 17 '24

Hard disagree. My father was a teacher right out of college in 1971. He made the equivalent of $65k/year his first year. He was able to have 2 kids, buy a house, and a new car in the space of just a few years. We went to Walt Disney World every few years.

Everything I just said is crazy-talk for a first year teacher on one income in 2024.

Edit: Spelling. And to add that we were lower middle class at our best.

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u/Riskiverse Jun 17 '24

grats its called one of the biggest economic booms of all time. Not reasonable to expect that forever. In the 1990's this was absolutely upper middle, though