jeff, what you're missing is this is household income (dual income). What you are also missing is the US census bureau number does not account for all metropolitan areas in CA. Remember also there was a huge jump from 2007 to 2008 in not only household income but the inflation with the cost of goods. on a 60K income, you will not be able to survive or even rent in a metropolitan or suburbia of CA.
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Originally Posted by JCL
That might be just a bit of a stretch. I used Wikipedia (sorry, it was convenient). It says that the US Census Bureau in 2007/2008 ranked California median household income at #8 of the US states. The figure is $59,950 for California, well above the national median household income of $50,740. You could double it, or triple it, if you like, but to suggest that four times the median is really lower middle class doesn't seem right. Just saying. Maybe I am missing something.
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