[chooseaname]

>>150 grand is not a huge family income to support 2 adults and 3 kids

An awful lot of families are doing this on 1/3 of that amount.

[ksherlock]

When you subtract all the retirement savings, they're doing it on half that ($73,000).

[masklinn]

Having the money to invest and deciding to do so does not mean you don’t have the money.

A family on the median household income would have negative net income with that level of investment.

[pembrook]

Yes, and an awful lot of families in Africa and Southeast Asia are doing this on 1/150th that amount. With more kids. Your point?

The existence of more extreme poverty doesn’t change the fact that 150k/yr is not a ton of money to support a family of 5 in most American metro areas.

[tudorw]

About 46% of US families apparently, https://www.statista.com/statistics/183807/number-of-househo...

[Booktrope]

Small point, but the average household size in the US is 2.5, on half of the 5 people in this household, so you really can't compare their family income to family income statistics for much smaller families.https://www.statista.com/statistics/183648/average-size-of-h...