Considering America is affluent, and our society decedent, it is relative to your location and your culture. Were you in India, you'd probably be on par with some of the more successful IT gurus so you would probably be considered upper-middle class, but not rich. Of course, those kids taking dirt baths there or even here in the US would see you as rich.
I had a bit of a shock one day when I compared the average income in DC to that of VA and then to my income. I wasn't as "well off" as I thought I was. Just because I currently have disposable income, I am by no means rich nor wealthy. I guess that's why it's generally best not to gage one's self, success, or happiness against external factors.
Fifty years ago, we'd be living like princes with the income we gain currently. Who knows what it will take to be comfortable fifty years from now.
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Date: 2008-01-02 05:56 pm (UTC)Considering America is affluent, and our society decedent, it is relative to your location and your culture. Were you in India, you'd probably be on par with some of the more successful IT gurus so you would probably be considered upper-middle class, but not rich. Of course, those kids taking dirt baths there or even here in the US would see you as rich.
I had a bit of a shock one day when I compared the average income in DC to that of VA and then to my income. I wasn't as "well off" as I thought I was. Just because I currently have disposable income, I am by no means rich nor wealthy. I guess that's why it's generally best not to gage one's self, success, or happiness against external factors.
Fifty years ago, we'd be living like princes with the income we gain currently. Who knows what it will take to be comfortable fifty years from now.