Listened to an interesting discussion on NPR this morning about America's perception of what is rich and poor. I was surprised at what is percieved as "middle class" by different people. Then they tried to define "rich". One gal they interviewed has a husband that grosses over $1Million a year, and she didn't consider herself as being "rich". When asked what she considered rich, she said someone that has like $20million in the bank!
So, what is "middle-class"? I had kind of always thought it lay in the $75K to $100k combined household gross annual income bracket. Roughly.
Does it vary with where you live, making it a cost of living/income ratio?(makes sense to me) That would make it hard to put an actual dollar value to it. How then do you determine where you're at on the demographic scale? (I personally don't care where I'm at on the scale, but it's an interesting puzzle)

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past MB rides:
'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)