# What is an upper middle class lifestyle

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 9, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-upper-middle-class-lifestyle/835236 "2019-06-09T00:56:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-upper-middle-class-lifestyle/835236/141 "2019-06-21T16:25:33Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> . . .  
> How do you figure that? She would have a home worth (assuming she paid cash anything close to fair market value) $25M plus $20M in cash. That’s $45 million in assets. Extremely rich by any sane standard.

She earns a total of $45M. After taxes she takes home about $30M.

This does not leave her enough money to support property taxes and upkeep on the $25M property. She cannot live off her investments, but has damned herself to continue working and being salary dependent - maybe even paycheck to paycheck - for life.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-upper-middle-class-lifestyle/835236/142 "2019-06-21T17:19:20Z")

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> [@TruCelt](#):
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> She earns a total of $45M. After taxes she takes home about $30M.
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> This does not leave her enough money to support property taxes and upkeep on the $25M property. She cannot live off her investments, but has damned herself to continue working and being salary dependent - maybe even paycheck to paycheck - for life.

I think we can all agree that none will weep for her life of toil and sacrifice ;).

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**Author:** ![neutro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@neutro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutro)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-upper-middle-class-lifestyle/835236/143 "2019-06-21T17:38:32Z")

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The only thing that really works as a definition is a strict math definition. Look at incomes, break them into classes. Anything other than that is just an opinion.

I’ve never seen people agree on what rich/wealth/upper class means though.

Rich is anyone with more than you, poor is anyone with less seems to be the most accepted definition.

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