<p>I live in a two-income household that brings in 60k a year (pre-tax). We have three children in the family, and we aren’t considered poor. I think you guys might be a bit biased considering many of you saying that 60k is “dirt poor” probably live in Cali with affluent parents. We are middle-middle class. You have to look at geographic location too. We live in rural Iowa, where everything is less expensive. For instance, we live on a nice, 6 acre plot of land in a (I think, roughly) 2500 sq ft, two story house. It cost my parents 90k to buy back in 1990. We don’t live beyond our means and we also do not live an extravagant lifestyle. There’s stress in the house regarding finances from time to time, which I do not enjoy. But, I really wouldn’t want to live much different. I wouldn’t want to be a snooty, spoiled brat and I would not want to be any “poorer” either. So, to conclude, 60k is NOT dirt poor. It’s not even poor, it’s middle class where I am from.</p>