[yocheckitdawg]

Lmfao at this article, these people aren't middle class... $2450 a month (30k!! a year) on child care because both are working?

$2000 a month (24k!! a year) on preschool to give their kid a leg up on going to a $35k a year grade school & high school?!?

$70 per DAY on food because you can't be arsed cooking?

They factor in 8K for vacations and another 6K per year for date nights?!?

And then it ends with this stunner:

> According to the U.S. Census Bureau, less than 5% of households earn $350,000 or more a year.

> While $350,000 might sound like a lot of money, it’ll go quickly when you’re raising a family in an expensive city. We all deserve to live a middle-class lifestyle. Unfortunately, we’ve first got to sacrifice more than ever to get there today.

Uhhh if only 5% will achieve that level of income you might need to ask yourself if it is really middle class....When people talk about "out of touch coastal elites" this is the type of shit they're talking about.

[garyiwu]

The childcare figures are actually pretty in-line.

In our area (bay area suburbs), daycare for a 2-year-old is around $2000 a month excluding any extra babysitting. Preschool for a 4-year-old is around ~$1800. I can see how within SF proper they might be higher.

[sn9]

"The childcare figures are actually pretty in-line" with one of the most expensive and unrepresentative cities in the US.

[adamredwoods]

Our preschool in the Bay Area was around $1200/month, but there were many places that were higher. Believe me when I say that the Bay Area is insanely competitive in every way. This is why we moved out.

[bwb]

Boulder CO minimum is ~1500 a month for 1 kid, and most places have stopped giving discounts for two kids. Where I grew up in Fayetteville Arkansas isn't too much diff. So for 2 kids that is ~2500 to $3000 a month for FT child care while both people work.

I do agree with you this is a crazy article to make this seem middle class. But I do agree on the point that our econ is broken...