Surely, you jest. Can’t make it on less than $130k or $80k??? Knock off +2/3rd of that lower, subtract 1/4th of that for property taxes and then we might talk about making ends meet with kids in college, pets and cars.
Well, I’m not the best communicator. What I really meant to say was that you would be just in the middle income bracket but only just in it. I started out only bringing home a little over $800 a month, had 3 kids, one car and we lived far away from both sets of parents. So, yes, you are absolutely correct you can definitely make on less - I have. But what use to pass for middle class seems like it is creeping just ever out of reach for many.