• WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
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      10 months ago

      I’m a couple decades under 50 and was making like 30-40k up until a couple years ago (and about double that last year) and I expect my retirement accounts average annual growth to be more than 1/3rd of my annual spending.

        • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
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          10 months ago

          Sure. I wasn’t implying otherwise. But a definition of middle class that considering someone who makes twice my income in my local area non-middle-class but considers me middle class would seem non-intuitive at best when my retirement accounts have been entirely self-funded (granted, I can only afford to do that because I haven’t needed to go into debt, a luxury many don’t have.