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- From: lpj@col.hp.com (Laura Johnson)
- Subject: Re: $$$ for middle class
- Sender: news@col.hp.com (Usenet News)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.185640.25258@col.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:56:40 GMT
- References: <CARL.92Jul21074335@atlantis.Cayman.COM>
- Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
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- carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl) writes:
- >
- > I'd say the "middle class" would probably be the middle "third" of the
- > salary sample which would make the range from somewhere in the mid 20s
- > up to the 80's (which I had saved that article now). Yea, I know,
- > that's a large range, but in some parts of the county you can live on
- > 20k *almost* as good as you can on 80k in the expensive areas (perhaps
- > (?) better in some cases).
- >
- > -Carl-
- > --
-
- This ($25-85K) sounds about right for this town (Colorado Springs).
- Today's newspaper had a chart showing that Col.Springs cost of living
- is 4.6% below national average.
-
- No, a family making $25k can't easily buy a house here, but a
- really careful, really hardworking family at that level might
- eventually be able to swing it. Anyway, I think
- of the lower-middle-class as including a lot of renters.
- --
- lpj@hpctdls.col.hp.com
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