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by realbarack 2823 days ago
$200k-$500k is a massive range, and $500k is certainly not middle class. That's above the 95th percentile even in the San Jose area[0].

Just because you have to think about money sometimes doesn't make you middle class. Your neighbors having more money than you also doesn't make you middle class.

[0] https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/15/income-inequality-in-...