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I read an article where many people on both sides of the spectrum, poor and relatively wealthy identify as being middle class. There's a reason for it as I guess most people don't want to be identified as outliers of the prosperity bell curve.

growing up around people with lower incomes, I always assumed we were middle class - because we all lived the same. The poor people were the people that didn't work and lived in a shack. That wasn't us - at least most of the time.

I remember asking my mom when I was old enough to ponder such things if we were middle class, her response was matter of fact - no, we aren't even close. She was perfectly comfortable in admitting we were poor

Knowing that - that admission by her, motivated me to find a way to rise out of it ,probably drives me in some small part to this day.