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UCLAri · 04-20-2008, 08:51 PM

barrons,

I don't expect to exceed an individual income of $60-75K throughout my lifetime. I suspect that I'll never be part of the Gibson-middle class, but such is my lot. Still, I fully expect to live a fairly fulfilling life, even if I don't get a four car garage and three SUVs that get less MPG than an M1A1 Abrams.

I think part of it is the issue of American expectations of what an individual "needs" to be happy. Scale it down, live like a Japanese, and all of a sudden owning even a Civic seems so... great!

bulletandpima,

Referring back to your earlier commuting costs, were you estimating the cost of one or two commuters? With one it seems a bit high. Two seems a bit low. Just curious.

04-20-2008, 08:51 PM	#52
UCLAri Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Threads: 219 Posts: 10,304	barrons, I don't expect to exceed an individual income of $60-75K throughout my lifetime. I suspect that I'll never be part of the Gibson-middle class, but such is my lot. Still, I fully expect to live a fairly fulfilling life, even if I don't get a four car garage and three SUVs that get less MPG than an M1A1 Abrams. I think part of it is the issue of American expectations of what an individual "needs" to be happy. Scale it down, live like a Japanese, and all of a sudden owning even a Civic seems so... great! bulletandpima, Referring back to your earlier commuting costs, were you estimating the cost of one or two commuters? With one it seems a bit high. Two seems a bit low. Just curious.