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Bull shit. Former middle manager made six figures
Layed off 4 times in 8 years. Mountains if medical debt. And at my age, no tech company will touch me.
Do not think that you know anything about everything. There are places where six figures is BARLY lower middle-class And moving? That's way to expensive nowadays.
Be carefulnwiyh broad brushes. You get splashed.
Your take about being stuck in such a place is the bullshit. “Moving expenses" is your excuse? Too good to rent and load your own UHaul isn't poor. Try talking to someone who hasn't already escaped, if you must have a sympathetic ear for your persecution complex. Your equally privileged neighbors, for example. The internet is not generally so deluded.
Seriously, when is the last time you went fishing? Camping? Skiing? To the Beach? If you're living like you're too poor to afford any of these, its not the fault of your location or 6-figure income. If you're too good to ride Greyhound, or you drive your own car in a city with decent public transit, you're not poor, nor even lower middle-class, you're just a snob.
I fucking garuntee I saw more hell beforehand ten than you've seen in your life.
And as far as camping. You good and fucking garuntee you that the time I spent homeless living in the wood was made easier by the years spent as a kid helping to do exactly that. Forage and fish to actually have dinner.
Oh and let's not forget bagging coal as kid just to bring in a few bucks.
And none if that matters. What matters Is your judgemental and undernformed ass thinks way too much of your own entertainment value, your pampered jerk
Pick a fucking narrative you deluded prick. Working since 12. Before I was 16, I had shovelled tonnes of manure, bailed about as much hay, powerwashed a hundred or so semi-trucks, and cleaned scores of restaurant grease-traps/"exhaust systems". Sure, I did it for spending money, not because I had to. Then I moved out and away, lost all my connections and resume-filler as such. Ended up homeless a few times in my twenties. Employers and National Guard never gave a fuck so long as I showed up.
You're damn right I don't care where you've been. It doesn't make $100,000/yr anything less than well-off. My family of 6 is exceptionally well-off on a little more than that, and I could retire overseas tomorrow if I could convince them to join me. If, TODAY, you're too comfortable to consider moving THEN YOU'RE TOO COMFORTABLE TO CLAIM TO BE ANYTHING RESEMBLING LOW INCOME OR "LOWER MIDDLE CLASS".