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I am far under the poverty line in Norway, and I am understanding it will become even lower
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Where You Live, Which Economic Class Do You Fall Into?
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I am far under the poverty line in Norway, and I am understanding it will become even lower
Truth in love
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As best I can tell lower middle class. We have a comfortable home, AC, 2 working (though far from new cars), I’m able to take my wife on a date to a real (not fast food) restaurant several times a year. It’s a far cry from the gray houses on the hill and also I’ve got a lot more trim than those in the trailer park up the road
One way to look at it is by income quintiles: what percentile a person's income is compared to where they live.
I put middle class though where I live we tend not to think in terms of class. In regards income, I would earn somewhere in the top 5% for my country. Eventually I'll retire so won't earn very much. Some time after that I will be dead and then a faded memory for those who loved or hated me. In the meantime I try to do the best I can to serve my community and feel blessed that for now at least, I can support my family and give to charity.
rational experiences
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Moved up and down in life depended on employment actually.
Trailblazer
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The high end of those ranges sound more like upper middle class to me, for the United States.
Also, I think more than income needs to be considered because a person who has a lower salary or is not working might have a lot of assets and income, e.g., from investments and/or rental houses.
Before I retired I had a silicon valley middle-class income but for where I live upper middle class. Our home is definitely in the working/lower middle class neighborhood. Based on our relatively cheap house where we've lived for many decades, driving older cars (one is 1999), not having kids and saving a lot, we probably rank as upper middle class net worth in retirement.
I get that, but even if I just look at how that would be defined in Australia, it would vary. They're subjective terms.
All good, answered as best I can.
Shadow Wolf
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Middle class. Didn't happen until I loved to California.
What a wonderful "Freudian" slip assuming "loved" was not deliberate.
RestlessSoul
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Never ask an English person what class they are. We’ve been obsessed with class since 1066, our culture is rotten with it.
I’m working class btw. Because I work. But don’t tell my mum.
I’m working class btw. Because I work. But don’t tell my mum.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Just a typo.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Well, yeah. You gotta make sure all your kuhnigits have fathers who reek of elderberries and mothered by a very special class of hamster.
I suppose I technically fall under lower middle class, based on my earnings. Though I do not struggle with paying my bills nor do I hold back from “luxuries.” (Though Fuel/gas prices are a killer, like holy hell!)
So I think I’m pretty well off all things considered. For which I am most thankful
So I think I’m pretty well off all things considered. For which I am most thankful
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Huh? Terminology? The majority of the UK are working class. No option for this? Upper, middle and working. The "poverty" option comes with the working class voting tory.
In my country, some working-class people can earn a decent income compared to a considerable portion of the population through manual trades and labor. I presume this may be the case in some other countries too.
This is why I went with "upper," "lower," etc., instead of treating "working class" as synonymous with poverty.
Shadow Wolf
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When my dad got a unionized job at Chrysler my family went from really poor to what would be upper middle-class for that area of Indiana, and it was very much a working class job.
But, in the same area, as a white collar pro I was still just below the poverty line and in an economic limbo where it wasn't bad but not good.
Lower middle but its a difficult one financially ive been in 4 (5 for a short time) of the 5 options but my Lancashire hill farming roots will always be there. Basically class is pretty meaningless to me
I am in the upper middle class according to international standards. Here is how to calculate it.
Poor < $2 dollar (PPP based) a day per person
Low Income $2 - $10 (PPP based) a day per person
Middle Income $10 - $20
Upper Middle $20 - $50
High Income > $50
For people outside US, you should convert the money you earn (by whatever means) in terms of Purchasing Power Parity Conversion and divide by the number of family members you support.
PPP Salary Converter