Reddit reviews Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence

I’d recommend to OP, u/AnthonyNapoli, that they check out a book about this topic called: Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence.

The author interviewed people from households with a wide range of incomes ($100k to several million per year) and wide range of net worths (some around $10 million). What she found was that all refer to themselves as “middle class”.

It’s uncomfortable or maybe rude to think of oneself as poor or rich, so instead everyone says they are “middle class”. Middle class is considered the best class to be a part of.

Anyway that’s why it’s better to talk about percentiles, like income percentiles or net worth percentiles. That’s quantified and more concrete.