# Are you of the "Working Class?"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-of-the-working-class/163746>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 24, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-of-the-working-class/163746 "2003-03-24T08:30:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-of-the-working-class/163746/41 "2003-03-26T19:03:38Z")

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I believe the Democratic Party has defined anyone making under $40K/year to be a member of the “working class.” But I could be wrong…

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-of-the-working-class/163746/42 "2003-03-27T01:29:10Z")

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As the other Americans, I’ve never really thought about “class”. My mother was a schoolteacher until we kids started coming. My father started as a construction foreman and worked his way up to national VP of planning, construction and maintainence of a major retail chain. My maternal grandfather was a Detroit cop and my maternal grandmother was a schoolteacher. My paternal grandfather owned several religious goods stores and my maternal grandmother was a housewife. My sibs and I were educated at Catholic schools. We lived in big old homes but weren’t dressed in the hottest clothes. We didn’t play organized sports or take private music lessons. As a single adult, I work as a credit manager. I own my own home, but it’s small and in a neighborhood of truckdrivers and clerical workers. I’d consider myself lower middle class, but it’s not because of what my parents or grandparents did.

What would I be considered in the UK?

StG

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**Author:** ![bloodytoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@bloodytoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bloodytoe)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-of-the-working-class/163746/43 "2003-03-27T04:25:48Z")

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I am from the drinking class.  
Rev Bloodytoe

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